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FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES INGENIEURS-

CONSEILS

Annexure VIII-b 91

CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

FOR WORKS OF CIVIL

ENGINEERING

CONSTRUCTION

PART I GENERAL CONDITIONS

FOURTH EDITION 1987

Reprinted 1988 with editorial amendments

Reprinted 1992 with further amendments

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Federation Internationale Des

Ingenieurs-Conseils (FIDIC)

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Reprinted 1988

With editorial amendments

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CONTENTS

PART I: GENERAL CONDITIONS

Definitions and Interpretation

1.1 Definitions

1.2 Headings and Marginal Notes

1.3 Interpretation

1.4 Singular and Plural

1.5 Notice, Consents, Approvals, Certificates and Determinations

Engineer and Engineer’s Representative

2.1 Engineer’s Duties and Authority

2.2 Engineer’s Representative

2.3 Engineer’s Authority to Delegate

2.4 Appointment of Assistants

2.5 Instructions in Writing

2.6 Engineer Act Impartially

Assignment and Subcontracting

3.1 Assignment of contract

4.1 Subcontracting

4.2 Assignment of Subcontractors’ obligations

Contract Documents

5.1 Language/s and Law

5.2 Priority of Contract Documents

6.1 Custody and Supply of Drawings and documents

6.2 One Copy of Drawings to be Kept on site

6.3 Disruption of Progress

6.4 Delays and Cost of Delay of Drawings

6.5 Failure by contractor to Submit

7.1 Supplementary Drawings and Instructions

7.2 Permanent Works Designed by Contractor

7.3 Responsibility Unaffected by Approval

General Obligations

8.1 Contractor’s General Responsibilities

8.2 Site Operations and Methods of Construction

9.1 Contract Agreement

10.1 Performance Security

10.2 Period of Validity of Performance Security

10.3 Claims under Performance Security

11.1 Inspection of Site

12.1 Sufficiency of Tender

12.2 Not Foreseeable Physical Obstruction or Conditions

13.1 Work to be in Accordance with Contract

14.1 Programme to be Submitted

14.2 Revised Programme

14.3 Cash Flow Estimate to be Submitted

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14.4 Contractor not Relieved of Duties or Responsibilities

15.1 Contractor’s Superintendence

16.1 Contractor’s Employees

16.2 Engineer at Liberty to Object

17.1 Setting-out

18.1 Boreholes and Exploratory Excavation

19.1 Safety, Security and Protection of the Environment

19.2 Employer’s Responsibilities

20.1 Care of Works

20.2 Responsibility to Rectify Loss or Damage

20.3 Loss or Damage Due to Employer’s Risks

20.4 Employer’s Risks

21.1 Insurance of Works and Contractor’s Equipment

21.2 Scope of Cover

21.3 Responsibility for Amount not Recovered

21.4 Exclusions

22.1 Damage to Persons and Property

22.2 Exceptions

22.3 Indemnity by Employer

23.1 Third Party Insurance (including Employer’s Property)

23.2 Minimum Amount of Insurance

23.3 Cross Liabilities

24.1 Accident or injury to Workmen

24.2 Insurance Against Accident to Workmen

25.1 Evidence and Terms of Insurances

25.2 Adequacy of Insurances

25.3 Remedy on Contractor’s Failure to Insure

25.4 Compliance with Policy Conditions

26.1 Compliance with Statues, Regulations

27.1 Fossils

28.1 Patent Rights

28.2 Royalties

29.1 Interference with Traffic and Adjoining Properties

30.1 Avoidance of Damage to Roads

30.2 Transport of Contractor’s Equipment or Temporary Works

30.3 Transport of Materials or Plant

30.4 Waterborne Traffic

31.1 Opportunities for Other Contractors

31.2 Facilities for Other Contractors

32.1 Contractor to Keep Site Clear

33.1 Clearance of Site on Completion

Labour

34.1 Engagement of Staff and Labour

35.1 Returns of Labour and Contractor’s Equipment

Materials Plant and Workmanship 36.1 Quality of Materials, Plant and Workmanship

36.2 Cost of Samples

36.3 Cost of Tests

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36.4 Cost of Tests not Provided for

36.5 Engineer’s Determination where Tests not Provided for

37.1 Inspection of Operations

37.2 Inspection and Testing

37.3 Dates for Inspection and Testing

37.4 Rejection

37.5 Independent Inspection

38.1 Examination of Work before Covering up

38.2 Uncovering and Making Openings

39.1 Removal of Improper Works, Materials or Plant

39.2 Default of Contractor in Compliance

Suspension 40.1 Suspension of Work

40.2 Engineer’s Determination following Suspension

40.3 Suspension lasting more than 84 Days

Commencement and Delays 41.1 Commencement of Works

42.1 Possession of Site and Access Thereto

42.2 Failure to Give Possession

42.3 Rights of Way and Facilities

43.1 Time for Completion

44.1 Extension of Time for Completion

44.2 Contractor to Provide Notification and Detailed Particulars

44.3 Interim Determination of Extension

45.1 Restriction on Working Hours

46.1 Rate of Progress

47.1 Liquidated Damages for Delay

47.2 Reduction of Liquidated Damages

48.1 Taking-Over Certificate

48.2 Taking-Over of Sections or Parts

48.3 Substantial Completion of Parts

48.4 Surfaces Requiring Reinstatement

Defects Liability 49.1 Defects Liability Period

49.2 Completion of Outstanding Work and Remedying Defects

49.3 Cost of Remedying Defects

49.4 Contractor’s Failure to Carry Out Instructions

50.1 Contractor to Search

Alterations, Additions and Omissions 51.1 Variations

51.2 Instructions for Variations

52.1 Valuation of Variations

52.2 Power of Engineer to Fix Rates

52.3 Variations Exceeding 15 percent

52.4 Daywork

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Procedure for Claims 53.1 Notice of Claims

53.2 Contemporary Records

53.3 Substation of Claims

53.4 Failure to Comply

53.5 Payment of Claims

Contractor’s Equipment, Temporary Works and Materials 54.1 Contractor’s Equipment, Temporary Works and Materials; Exclusive Use for the

Works

54.2 Employer not Liable for Damage

54.3 Customs Clearance

54.4 Re-export of Contractor’s Equipment

54.5 Conditions of Hire Contractor’s Equipment

54.6 Costs for the Purpose of Clause 63

54.7 Incorporation of Clause in Subcontractors

54.8 Approval of Materials not Implied

Measurement 55.1 Quantities

56.1 Works to be Measured

57.1 Method of Measurement

57.2 Breakdown of Lump Sum Items

Provisional Sums 58.1 Definition of “Provisional Sum”

58.2 Use of Provisional Sums

58.3 Production of Vouchers

Nominated Subcontractors 59.1 Definition of “Nominated Subcontractors”

59.2 Nominated Subcontractors; Objection to Nomination

59.3 Design Requirement to be Expressly Stated

59.4 Payments to Nominated Subcontractors

59.5 Certification of Payments to Nominated Subcontractors

Certificates and Payment 60.1 Monthly Statements

60.2 Monthly Payments

60.3 Payment of Retention Money

60.4 Correction of Certificates

60.5 Statement at Completion

60.6 Final Statement

60.7 Discharge

60.8 Final Payment Certificate

60.9 Cessation of Employer’s Liability

60.10 Time for Payment

61.1 Approval only by Defects Liability Certificate

62.1 Defects Liability Certificate

62.2 Unfulfilled Obligations

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Remedies 63.1 Default of Contractor

63.2 Valuation at Date of Termination

63.3 Payment after Termination

63.4 Assignment of Benefit of Agreement

64.1 Urgent Remedial Work

Special Risks 65.1 No Liability for Special Risks

65.2 Special Risks

65.3 Damage to Works by Special Risks

65.4 Projectile, Missile

65.5 Increased Costs arising from special Risks

65.6 Outbreak of War

65.7 Removal of Contractor’s Equipment on Termination

65.8 Payment if Contract Terminated

Release from Performance 66.1 Payment in Event of Release from Performance

Settlement of Disputes 67.1 Engineer’s Decision

67.2 Amicable Settlement

67.3 Arbitration

67.4 Failure to Comply with Engineer’s Decision

Notices 68.1 Notice to Contractor

68.2 Notice to Employer and Engineer

68.3 Change of Address

Default of Employer 69.1 Default of Employer 69.2 Removal of Contractor’s Equipment

69.3 Payment on Termination

69.4 Contractor’s Entitlement to Suspend Work

69.5 Resumption of Work

Change in Cost and Legislation 70.1 Increase or Decrease of Cost

70.2 Subsequent Legislation

Currency and Rates of Exchange

71.1 Currency Restrictions

72.1 Rates of Exchange

72.2 Currency Proportions

72.3 Currencies of Payment for Provisional Sums

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REFERENCE TO PART II

INDEX

TENDER

AGREEMENT

EDITORIAL AMENDMENTS IN 1988

FURTHER AMENDMENTS IN 1992

PART I – GENERAL CONDITIONS

Definitions and Interpretation

Definitions 1.1 In the Contract (as hereinafter defined) the following words and

expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them,

except where the context otherwise requires:

(a) (i) “Employer” means the person named as such in Part

II of these Conditions and the legal successors in title to

such person, but not (except with the consent of the

Contractor) any assignee of such person.

(b) (ii) “Contractor” means the person whose tender has been

accepted by the Employer and the legal successors in title to

such person, but not (except with the consent of Employer)

any assignee of such person.

(iii) “Subcontractor” means any person named in the Contract as a Subcontractor for a part of the Works or any person to whom a part of the Works has been subcontracted with the consent of the Engineer and the legal successors in title to such person, but not any assignee of any such person. (iv) “Engineer” means the person appointed by the

Employer to act as Engineer for the purposes of the Contract

and named as such in Part II of these Conditions.

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(v) “Engineer’s Representative” means a person appointed

from time to time by the Engineer under Sub-Clause 2.2.

(b) (i) “Contract” means these Conditions (Parts I and II), the

Specification, the Drawings, the Bill of Quantities, the Tender, the Letter of Acceptance, the Contract Agreement (if completed) and such further documents as may be expressly incorporated in the Letter of Acceptance or Contract Agreement (if completed).

(ii) "Specification" means the specification of the Works

included in the Contract and any modification thereof or

addition thereto made under Clause 51 or submitted by the

Contractor and approved by the Engineer.

(iii) "Drawings" means all drawings, calculations and

technical information of a like nature provided by the

Engineer to the Contractor under the Contract and all

drawings, calculations, samples, patterns, models, operation

and maintenance manuals and other technical information of

a like nature submitted by the Contractor and approved by

the Engineer.

(iv) "Bill of Quantities" means the priced and completed bill

of quantities forming part of the Tender.

(v) "Tender" means the Contractor's priced offer to the

Employer for the execution and completion of the Works

and the remedying of any defects therein in accordance with

the provisions of the Contract, as accepted by the Letter of

Acceptance.

(vi) "Letter of Acceptance" means the formal acceptance by

the Employer of the Tender.

(vii) "Contract Agreement" means the contract agreement (if

any) referred to in Sub-Clause 9. 1. (viii) "Appendix to Tender" means the appendix comprised in the form of Tender annexed to these Conditions.

(c) (i) "Commencement Date" means the date upon which the

Contractor receives the notice to commence issued by the

Engineer pursuant to Clause 41. (ii) "Time for Completion" means the time for completing the execution of and passing the Tests on Completion of the Works or any Section or part thereof as stated in the Contract (or as extended under Clause 44) calculated from the Commencement Date.

(d) (i) "Tests on Completion" means the tests specified in the

Contract or otherwise agreed by the Engineer and the

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Contractor which are to be made by the Contractor before

the Works or any Section or part thereof are taken over by

the Employer.

(ii) "Taking-Over Certificate" means a certificate issued

pursuant to Clause 48.

(e) (i) "Contract Price" means the sum stated in the Letter of

Acceptance as payable to the Contractor for the execution

and completion of the Works and the remedying of any

defects therein in accordance with the provisions of the

Contract.

(ii) "Retention Money" means the aggregate of all monies

retained by the Employer pursuant to Sub-Clause 60.2(a).

(iii) "Interim Payment Certificate" means any certificate of

payment issued by the Engineer other than the Final

Payment Certificate.

(iv) "Final Payment Certificate" means the certificate of

payment issued by the Engineer pursuant to Sub-Clause

60.8.

(f) (i) "Works" means the Permanent Works and the Temporary

Works or either of them as appropriate.

(ii) "Permanent Works" means the permanent works to be

executed (including Plant) in accordance with the Contract.

(iii) "Temporary Works" means all temporary works of

every kind (other than Contractor's Equipment) required in

or about the execution and completion of the Works and the

remedying of any defects therein.

(iv) "Plant" means machinery, apparatus and the like

intended to form or forming part of the Permanent Works.

(v) "Contractor's Equipment" means all appliances and

things of whatsoever nature (other than Temporary Works)

required for the execution and completion of the Works and

the remedying of any defects therein, but does not include

Plant, materials or other things intended to form or forming

part of the Permanent Works.

(vi) "Section" means a part of the Works specifically

identified in the Contract as a Section.

(vii) "Site" means the places provided by the Employer

where the Works are to be executed and any other places as

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may be specifically designated in the Contract as forming

part of the Site. (g) (i) "cost" means all expenditure properly incurred or to be

incurred, whether on or off the Site, including overhead and other charges properly allocable thereto but does not include any allowance for profit.

(ii) "day" means calendar day.

(iii) "foreign currency" means a currency of a country other

than that in which the Works are to be located.

(iv) "writing" means any hand-written, type-written, or

printed communication including telex, cable and facsimile

transmission.

Headings and Marginal Notes

1.2 The headings and marginal notes in these Conditions shall not be

deemed part thereof or be taken into consideration in the

interpretation or construction thereof or of the Contract.

Interpretation 1.3 Words importing persons or parties shall include firms and

corporations and any organization having legal capacity.

Singular and Plural

1.4 Words importing the singular only also include the plural and

vice versa where the context requires.

Notices, Consents, Approvals, Certificates and Determinations

1.5 Wherever in the Contract provision is made for the giving or

issue of any notice, consent, approval, certificate or

determination by any person, unless otherwise specified such

notice, consent, approval, certificate or determination shall be in

writing and the words “notify”, “certify” or “determine” shall be

construed accordingly. Any such consent, approval, certificate or

determination shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed.

Engineer and Engineer’s Representative

Engineer's Duties and Authority

2.1 (a) The Engineer shall carry out the duties specified in the

Contract.

(b) The Engineer may exercise the authority specified in or

necessarily to be implied from the Contract, provided, however,

that if the Engineer is required, under the terms of his

appointment by the Employer, to obtain the specific approval of

the Employer before exercising any such authority, particulars of

such requirements shall be set out in Part II of these Conditions.

Provided further that any requisite approval shall be deemed to

have been given by the Employer for any such authority

exercised by the Engineer.

(c) Except as expressly stated in the Contract, the Engineer shall

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have no authority to relieve the Contractor of any of his

obligations under the Contract.

Engineer's Representative

2.2 The Engineer's Representative shall be appointed by and be

responsible to the Engineer and shall carry out such duties and

exercise such authority as may he delegated to him by the

Engineer under Sub-Clause 2.3.

Engineer's Authority to Delegate

2.3 The Engineer may from time to time delegate to the Engineer's

Representative any of the duties and authorities vested in the

Engineer and he may at any time revoke such delegation. Any

such delegation or revocation shall be in writing and shall not

take effect until a copy thereof has been delivered to the

Employer and the Contractor.

Any communication given by the Engineer's Representative to

the Contractor in accordance with such delegation shall have the

same effect as though it had been given by the Engineer.

Provided that:

(a) any failure of the Engineer's Representative to disapprove

any work, materials or Plant shall not prejudice the authority of

the Engineer to disapprove such work, materials or Plant and to

give instructions for the rectification thereof; and

(b) if the Contractor questions any communication of the

Engineer's Representative he may refer the matter to the

Engineer who shall confirm, reverse or vary the contents of such

communication.

Appointment of Assistants

2.4

The Engineer or the Engineer's Representative may appoint any

number of persons to assist the Engineer's Representative in the

carrying out of his duties under Sub-Clause 2.2. He shall notify

to the Contractor the names, duties and scope of authority of

such persons. Such assistants shall have no authority to issue any

instructions to the Contractor save in so far as such instructions

may be necessary to enable them to carry out their duties and to

secure their acceptance of materials, Plant or workmanship as

being in accordance with the Contract, and any instructions

given by any of them for those purposes shall be deemed to have

been given by the Engineer's Representative.

Instructions in Writing

2.5

Instructions given by the Engineer shall be in writing, provided

that if for any reason the Engineer considers it necessary to give

any such instruction orally, the Contractor shall comply with

such instruction. Confirmation in writing of such oral instruction

given by the Engineer, whether before or after the carrying out

of the instruction, shall be deemed to be an instruction within the

meaning of this Sub-Clause. Provided further that if the

Contractor, within 7 days, confirms in writing to the Engineer

any oral instruction of the Engineer and such confirmation is not

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contradicted in writing within 7 days by the Engineer, it shall be

deemed to be an instruction of the Engineer.

The provisions of this Sub-Clause shall equally apply to

instructions given by the Engineer's Representative and any

assistants of the Engineer or the Engineer's Representative

appointed pursuant to Sub-Clause 2.4.

Engineer to Act Impartially

2.6

Wherever, under the Contract, the Engineer is required to

exercise his discretion by:

(a) giving his decision, opinion or consent,

(b) expressing his satisfaction or approval,

(c) determining value, or

(d) otherwise taking action which may affect the rights and

obligations of the Employer or the Contractor he shall exercise

such discretion impartially within the terms of the Contract and

having regard to all the circumstances. Any such decision,

opinion, consent, expression of satisfaction, or approval,

determination of value or action may be opened up, reviewed or

revised as provided in Clause 67.

Assignment and Subcontracting

Assignment of Contract

3.1

The Contractor shall not, without the prior consent of the

Employer (which consent, notwithstanding the provisions of

Sub-Clause 1.5, shall be at the sole discretion of the Employer),

assign the Contract or any part thereof, or any benefit or interest

therein or there under, otherwise than by:

(a) a charge in favour of the Contractor's bankers of any monies

due or to become due under the Contract, or

(b) assignment to the Contractor's insurers (in cases where the

insurers have discharged the Contractor's loss or liability) of the

Contractor's right to obtain relief against any other party liable.

Subcontracting 4.1

The Contractor shall not subcontract the whole of the Works.

Except where otherwise provided by the Contract, the Contractor

shall not subcontract any part of the Works without the prior

consent of the Engineer. Any such consent shall not relieve the

Contractor from any liability or obligation under the Contract

and he shall be responsible for the acts, defaults and neglects of

any Subcontractor, his agents, servants or workmen as fully as if

they were the acts, defaults or neglects of the Contractor, his

agents, servants or workmen.

Provided that the Contractor shall not be required to obtain such

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consent for:

(a) the provision of labour,

(b) the purchase of materials which are in accordance with the

standards specified in the Contract, or

(c) the subcontracting of any part of the Works for which the

Subcontractor is named in the Contract.

Assignment of Subcontractors’ Obligations

4.2

In the event of a Subcontractor having undertaken towards the

Contractor in respect of the work executed, or the goods,

materials, Plant or services supplied by such Subcontractor, any

continuing obligation extending for a period exceeding that of

the Defects Liability Period under the Contract, the Contractor

shall at any time, after the expiration of such Period, assign to

the Employer, at the Employer's request and cost, the benefit of

such obligation for the unexpired duration thereof.

Contract Documents

Language/s and Law

5.1 There is stated in Part II of these Conditions:

(a) the language or languages in which the Contract documents

shall be drawn up, and

(b) the country or state the law of which shall apply to the

Contract and according to which the Contract shall be construed.

If the said documents are written in more than one language, the

language according to which the Contract shall be construed and

interpreted is also stated in Part II of these Conditions, being

therein designated the "Ruling Language".

Priority of Contract Documents

5.2 The several documents forming the Contract are to be taken as

mutually, explanatory of one another, but in case of ambiguities

or discrepancies the same shall be explained and adjusted by the

Engineer who shall thereupon issue to the Contractor

instructions thereon and in such event, unless otherwise provided

in the Contract, the priority of the documents forming the

Contract shall be as follows:

(1) The Contract Agreement (if completed);

(2) The Letter of Acceptance.

(3) The Tender,

(4) Part II of these Conditions;

(5) Part I of these Conditions; and

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(6) Any other document forming part of the Contract.

Custody and Supply of Drawings and Documents

6.1 The Drawings shall remain in the sole custody of the Engineer,

but two copies thereof shall be provided to the Contractor free of

charge. The Contractor shall make at his own cost any further

copies required by him. Unless it is strictly necessary for the

purposes of the Contract, the Drawings, Specification and other

documents provided by the Employer or the Engineer shall not,

without the consent of the Engineer, be used or communicated to

a third party by the Contractor. Upon issue of the Defects

Liability Certificate, the Contractor shall return to the Engineer

all Drawings, Specification and other documents provided under

the Contract.

The Contractor shall supply to the Engineer four copies of all

Drawings, Specification and other documents submitted by the

Contractor and approved by the Engineer in accordance with

Clause 7, together with a reproducible copy of any material

which cannot he reproduced to an equal standard by

photocopying. In addition the Contractor shall supply such

further copies of such Drawings, Specification and other

documents as the Engineer may request in writing for the use of

the Employer, who shall pay the cost thereof.

One Copy of Drawings to be Kept on site

6.2 One copy of the Drawings, provided to or supplied by the

Contractor as aforesaid, shall be kept by the Contractor on the

Site and the same shall at all reasonable times be available for

inspection and use by the Engineer and by any other person

authorised by the Engineer in writing.

Disruption of Progress

6.3 The Contractor shall give notice to the Engineer, with a copy to

the Employer, whenever planning or execution of the Works is

likely to be delayed or disrupted unless any further drawing or

instruction is issued by the Engineer within a reasonable time.

The notice shall include details of the drawing or instruction

required and of why and by when it is required and of any delay

or disruption likely to be suffered if it is late.

Delays and Cost of delay of Drawings

6.4 If, by reason of any failure or inability of the Engineer to issue,

within a time reasonable [ maximum 7 days] in all the

circumstances, any drawing or instruction for which notice has

been given by the Contractor in accordance with Sub-Clause 6.3,

the Contractor suffers delay and/or incurs costs then the

Engineer shall, after due consultation with the Employer and the

Contractor, determine:

(a) any extension of time to which the Contractor is entitled

under Clause 44, and

(b) the amount of such costs, which shall be added to the

Contract Price and shall notify the Contractor accordingly, with

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a copy to the Employer.

Failure by Contractor to submit Drawings

6.5 If the failure or inability of the Engineer to issue any drawings or

instructions is caused in whole or in Part by the failure of the

Contractor to submit Drawings, Specification or other

documents which he is required to submit under the Contract,

the Engineer shall take such failure by the Contractor into

account when making his determination pursuant to Sub-Clause

6.4.

Supplementary Drawings and Instructions

7.1 The Engineer shall have authority to issue to the Contractor,

from time to time, such supplementary Drawings and

instructions as shall be necessary for the purpose of the proper

and adequate execution and completion of the Works and the

remedying of any defects therein. The Contractor shall carry out

and be bound by the same.

Permanent Works Designed by Contractor

7.2 Where the Contract expressly provides that part of the

Permanent Works shall be designed by the Contractor, he shall

submit to the Engineer, for approval:

(a) such drawings, specifications, calculations and other

information as shall he necessary to satisfy the Engineer as to the

suitability and adequacy of that design, and

(b) operation and maintenance manuals together with drawings

of the Permanent Works as completed, in sufficient detail to

enable the Employer to operate, maintain, dismantle, reassemble

and adjust the Permanent Works incorporating that design. The

Works shall not be considered to be completed for the purposes

of taking over in accordance with Clause 48 until such operation

and maintenance manuals, together with drawing on completion,

have been submitted to and approved by the Engineer.

Responsibility Unaffected by Approval

7.3 Approval by the Engineer, in accordance with Sub-Clause 7.2,

shall not relieve the Contractor of any of his responsibilities

under the Contract.

General Obligations

Contractor’s General Responsibilities

8.1 The Contractor shall, with due care and diligence, design (to the

extent provided for by the Contract), execute and complete the

Works and remedy any defects therein in accordance with the

provisions of the Contract. The Contractor shall provide all

superintendence, labour, materials, Plant, Contractor's

Equipment and all other things, whether of a temporary or

permanent nature, required in and for such design, execution,

completion and remedying of any defects, so far as the necessity

for providing the same is specified in or is reasonably to be

inferred from the Contract.

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The Contractor shall give prompt notice to the Engineer, with a

copy to the Employer, of any error, omission, fault or other

defect in the design of or Specification for the Works which he

discovers when reviewing the Contract or executing the Works.

Site Operations and Method of Construction

8.2 The Contractor shall take full responsibility for the adequacy,

stability and safety of all Site operations and methods of

construction. Provided that the Contractor shall not be

responsible (except as stated hereunder or as may be otherwise

agreed) for the design or specification of Permanent Works, or

for the design or specification of any Temporary Works not

prepared by the Contractor. Where the Contract expressly

provides that part of the Permanent Works shall be designed by

the Contractor, he shall be fully responsible for that part of such

Works, notwithstanding any approval by the Engineer.

Contract Agreement

9.1 The Contractor shall, if called upon so to do, enter into and

execute the Contract Agreement, to be prepared and completed

at the cost of' the Employer, in the form annexed to these

Conditions with such modification, as may be necessary.

Performance Security

10.1 If the Contract requires the Contractor to obtain security for his

proper performance of the Contract, he shall obtain and provide

to the Employer such security within 15 days after the receipt of

the Letter of Acceptance, in the sum stated in the Appendix to

Tender. When providing such security to the Employer, the

Contractor shall notify the Engineer of so doing. Such security

shall be in the form annexed to these Conditions or in such other

form as may be agreed between the Employer and the

Contractor. The institution providing such security shall be

subject to the approval of the Employer. The cost of complying

with the requirements of this Clause shall be borne by the

Contractor, unless the Contract otherwise provides.

Period of Validity of Performance Security

10.2 The performance security shall be valid until the Contractor has

executed and completed the Works and remedied any defects

therein in accordance with the Contract. No claim shall be made

against such security after the issue of the Defects Liability

Certificate in accordance with Sub-Clause 62.1 and such security

shall be returned to the Contractor within 14 days of the issue of

the said Defects Liability Certificate.

Claims Under Performance Security

10.3 Prior to making a claim under the performance security the

Employer shall, in every case, notify the Contractor stating the

nature of the default in respect of which the claim is to be made.

Inspection of Site

11.1 The Employer shall have made available to the Contractor,

before the submission by the Contractor of the Tender, such data

on hydrological and sub-surface conditions as have been

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obtained by or on behalf of the Employer from investigations

undertaken relevant to the Works but the Contractor shall be

responsible for his own interpretation thereof.

The Contractor shall be deemed to have inspected and examined

the Site and its surroundings and information available in

connection therewith and to have satisfied himself (so far as is

practicable, having regard to considerations of cost and time)

before submitting his Tender, as to:

(a) the form and nature thereof, including the sub-surface

conditions,

(b) the hydrological and climatic conditions,

(c) the extent and nature of work and materials necessary for the

execution and completion of the Works and the remedying of

any defects therein, and

(d) the means of access to the Site and the accommodation he

may require, and, in general, shall be deemed to have obtained

all necessary information, subject as above mentioned, as to

risks, contingencies and all other circumstances which may

influence or affect his Tender.

The Contractor shall be deemed to have based his Tender on the

data made available by the Employer and on his own inspection

and examination, all as aforementioned.

Sufficiency of Tender

12.1 The Contractor shall be deemed to have satisfied himself as to

the correctness and sufficiency of the Tender and of the rates and

prices stated in the Bill of Quantities, all of which shall, except

insofar as it is otherwise provided in the Contract, cover all his

obligations under the Contract (including those in respect of the

supply of goods, materials, Plant or services or of contingencies

for which there is a Provisional Sum) and all matters and things

necessary for the proper execution and completion of the Works

and the remedying of any defects therein.

Not Foreseeable Physical Obstructions or Conditions

12.2 If, however, during the execution of the Works the Contractor

encounters physical obstructions or physical conditions, other

than climatic conditions on the Site, which obstructions or

conditions were, in his opinion, not foreseeable by an

experienced contractor, the Contractor shall forthwith give

notice thereof to the Engineer, with a copy to the Employer. On

receipt of such notice, the Engineer shall, if in his opinion such

obstructions or conditions could not have been reasonably

foreseen by an experienced contractor, after due consultation

with the Employer and the Contractor, determine:

(a) any extension of time to which the Contractor is entitled

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under Clause 44, and (b) the amount of any costs which may

have been incurred by the Contractor by reason of such

obstructions or conditions having been encountered, which shall

be added to the Contract Price, and shall notify the Contractor

accordingly, with a copy to the Employer. Such determination

shall take account of any instruction, which the Engineer may

issue to the Contractor in connection therewith, and any proper

and reasonable measures acceptable to the Engineer, which the

Contractor may take in the absence of specific instructions from

the Engineer.

Work to be in Accordance with Contract

13.1 Unless it is legally or physically impossible, the Contractor shall

execute and complete the Works and remedy any defects therein

in strict accordance with the Contract to the satisfaction of the

Engineer. The Contractor shall comply with and adhere strictly

to the Engineer’s instructions on any matter, whether mentioned

in the Contract or not, touching or concerning the Works. The

Contractor shall take instructions only from the Engineer (or his

delegate).

Programme to be Submitted

14.1 The Contractor shall, within the time stated in Part II of these

Conditions after the date of the Letter of Acceptance, submit to

the Engineer for his consent a programme, in such form and

detail as the Engineer shall reasonably prescribe, for the

execution of the Works. The Contractor shall, whenever required

by the Engineer, also provide in writing for his information a

general description of the arrangements and methods which the

Contractor proposes to adopt for the execution of the Works.

Revised Programme

14.2 If at any time it should appear to the Engineer that the actual

progress of the Works does not conform to the programme to

which consent has been given under Sub-Clause 14.1, the

Contractor shall produce, at the request of the Engineer, a

revised programme showing the modifications to such

programme necessary to ensure completion of the Works within

the Time for Completion.

Cash Flow Estimate to be Submitted

14.3 The Contractor shall, within the time stated in Part II of these

Conditions after the date of the Letter of Acceptance, provide to

the Engineer for his information a detailed cash flow estimate, in

quarterly periods, of all payments to which the Contractor will

be entitled under the Contract and the Contractor shall

subsequently supply revised cash flow estimates at quarterly

intervals, if required to do so by the Engineer.

Contractor not Relieved of Duties or Responsibilities

14.4 The submission to and consent by the Engineer of such

programmes or the provision of such general descriptions or

cash flow estimates shall not relieve the Contractor of any of his

duties or responsibilities under the Contract.

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Contractor’s Superintendence

15.1 The Contractor shall provide all necessary superintendence

during the execution of the Works and as long thereafter as the

Engineer may consider necessary for the proper fulfilling of the

Contractor's obligations under the Contract. The Contractor, or a

competent and authorised representative approved of by the

Engineer, which approval may at any time be withdrawn, shall

give his whole time to the superintendence of the Works. Such

authorised representative shall receive, on behalf of the

Contractor, instructions from the Engineer.

If approval of the representative is withdrawn by the Engineer,

the Contractor shall, as soon as is practicable, having regard to

the requirement of replacing him as hereinafter mentioned, after

receiving notice of such withdrawal, remove the representative

from the Works and shall not thereafter employ him again on the

Works in any capacity and shall replace him by another

representative approved by the Engineer.

Contractor’s Employees

16.1 The Contractor shall provide on the Site in connection with the

execution and completion of the Works and the remedying of

any defects therein:

(a) only such technical assistants as are skilled and experienced

in their respective calling and such foremen and leading hands as

are competent to give proper superintendence of the Works, and

(b) such skilled, semiskilled and unskilled labour as is necessary

for the proper and timely fulfilling of the Contractor's

obligations under the Contract.

Engineer at Liberty to Object

16.2 The Engineer shall be at liberty to object to and require the

Contractor to remove forthwith from the Works any person

provided by the Contractor who, in the opinion of the Engineer,

misconducts himself, or is incompetent or negligent in the

proper performance of his duties, or whose presence on Site is

otherwise considered by the Engineer to be undesirable, and

such person shall not be again allowed upon the Works without

the consent of the Engineer. Any person so removed from the

Works shall be replaced as soon as possible.

Setting-out 17.1 The Contractor shall be responsible for:

(a) the accurate setting-out of the Works in relation to original

points, lines and levels of reference given by the Engineer in

writing,

(b) the correctness, subject as above mentioned, of the position,

levels, dimensions and alignment of all parts of the Works, and

(c) the provision of all necessary instruments, appliances and

labour in connection with the foregoing responsibilities.

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If, at any time during the execution of the Works, any error

appears in the position, levels, dimensions or alignment of any

part of the Works, the Contractor, on being required so to do by

the Engineer, shall, at his own cost, rectify such error to the

satisfaction of the Engineer, unless such error is based on

incorrect data supplied in writing by the Engineer, in which case

the Engineer shall determine an addition to the Contract Price in

accordance with Clause 52 and shall notify the Contractor

accordingly, with a copy to the Employer.

The checking of any setting-out or of any line or level by the

Engineer shall not in any way relieve the Contractor of his

responsibility for the accuracy thereof and the Contractor shall

carefully protect and preserve all benchmarks, sight-rails, pegs

and other things used in setting-out the Works.

Boreholes and Exploratory Excavation

18.1 If, at any time during the execution of the Works, the Engineer

requires the Contractor to make boreholes or to carry out

exploratory excavation, such requirement shall be the subject of

an instruction in accordance with Clause 51, unless an item or a

Provisional Sum in respect of such work is included in the Bill

of Quantities.

Safety, Security and Protection of the Environment

19.1 The Contractor shall, throughout the execution and completion

of the Works and the remedying of any defects therein:

(a) have full regard for the safety of all persons entitled to be

upon the Site and keep the Site (so far as the same is under his

control) and the Works (so far as the same are not completed or

occupied by the Employer) in an orderly state appropriate to the

avoidance of danger to such persons.

(b) provide and maintain at his own cost all lights, guards,

fencing, warning signs and watching, when and where necessary

or required by the Engineer or by any duly constituted authority,

for the protection of the Works or for the safety and convenience

of the public or others, and

(c) take all reasonable steps to protect the environment on and

off the Site and to avoid damage or nuisance to persons or to

property of the public or others resulting from pollution, noise or

other causes arising as a consequence of his methods of

operation.

Employer’s Responsibilities

19.2 If under Clause 31 the Employer shall carry out work on the Site

with his own workmen he shall, in respect of such work:

(a) have full regard to the safety of all persons entitled to be

upon the Site, and

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(b) keep the Site in an orderly state appropriate to the avoidance

of danger to such persons.

If under Clause 31 the Employer shall employ other contractors

on the Site he shall require them to have the same regard for

safety and avoidance of danger.

Care of Works 20.1 The Contractor shall take full responsibility for the care of the

Works and materials and Plant for incorporation therein from the

Commencement Date until the date of issue of the Taking-Over

Certificate for the whole of the Works, when the responsibility

for the said care shall pass to the Employer. Provided that:

(a) if the Engineer issues a Taking-Over Certificate for any

Section or part of the Permanent Works the Contractor shall

cease to be liable for the care of that Section or part from the

date of issue of the Taking-Over Certificate. When the

responsibility for the care of that section or part shall pass to the

Employer. and

(b) the Contractor shall take full responsibility for the care of

any outstanding Works and materials and Plant for incorporation

therein which he undertakes to finish during the Defects

Liability Period until such outstanding Works have been

completed pursuant to Clause 49.

Responsibility to Rectify Loss or Damage

20.2 If any loss or damage happens to the Works, or any part thereof,

or materials or Plant for incorporation therein, during the period

for which the Contractor is responsible for the care thereof, from

any cause whatsoever, other than the risks defined in Sub-Clause

20.4, the Contractor shall, at his own cost, rectify such loss or

damage so that the Permanent Works conform in every respect

with the provisions of the Contract to the satisfaction of the

Engineer. The Contractor shall also be liable for any loss or

damage to the Works occasioned by him in the course of any

operations carried out by him for the purpose of complying with

his obligations under Clauses 49 and 50.

Loss or Damage due to Employer’s Risks

20.3 In the event of any such loss or damage happening from any of

the risks defined in Sub-Clause 20.4, or in combination with

other risks, the Contractor shall, if' and to the extent required by

the Engineer, rectify the loss or damage and the Engineer shall

determine an addition to the Contract Price in accordance with

Clause 52 and shall notify the Contractor accordingly, with a

copy to the Employer. In the case of a combination of risks

causing loss or damage any such determination shall take into

account the proportional responsibility of the Contractor and the

Employer.

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Employer’s Risks

20.4 The Employer's risks are:

(a) war, hostilities (whether war be declared or not), invasion,

act of foreign enemies,

(b) rebellion, revolution, insurrection, or military or usurped

power, or civil war,

(c) ionizing radiations, or contamination by radio-activity from

any nuclear fuel, or from any nuclear waste from the combustion

of nuclear fuel, radio-active toxic explosive or other hazardous

properties of any explosive nuclear assembly or nuclear

component thereof.

(d) pressure waves caused by aircraft or other aerial devices

travelling at sonic or supersonic speeds,

(c) riot commotion or disorder, unless solely restricted to

employees of the Contractor or of his Subcontractors and arising

from the conduct of the Works,

(f) loss or damage due to the use or occupation by the Employer

of any Section or part of the Permanent Works, except as may be

provided for in the Contract,

(g) loss or damage to the extent that it is due to the design of the

Works, other than any part of the design provided by the

Contractor or for which the Contractor is responsible, and

(h) any operation of the forces of nature against which an

experienced contractor could not reasonably have been expected

to take precautions.

Insurance of Works and Contractor’s Equipment

21.1 The Contractor shall, without limiting his or the Employer's

obligations and responsibilities under Clause 20, insure:

(a) the Works, together with materials and Plant for

incorporation therein, to the full replacement cost (the term

"cost" in this context shall include profit).

(b) an additional sum of 15 per cent of such replacement cost, or

as may be specified in Part II of these Conditions, to cover any

additional costs of and incidental to the rectification of loss or

damage including professional fees and the cost of demolishing

and removing any part of the Works and of removing debris of

whatsoever nature, and

(c) the Contractor's Equipment and other things brought onto the

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Site by the Contractor, for a sum sufficient to provide for their

replacement at the Site.

Scope of Cover 21.2 The insurance in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Sub-Clause 21.1 shall

be in the joint names of the Contractor and the Employer and

shall cover:

(a) the Employer and the Contractor against all loss or damage

from whatsoever cause arising, other than as provided in Sub-

Clause 21.4, from the start of Work at the Site until the date of

issue of the relevant Taking-Over Certificate in respect of the

Works or any Section or part thereof as the case may be, and

(b) the Contractor for his liability:

(i) during the Defects Liability Period for loss or damage, arising

from a cause occurring prior to the commencement of the

Defects Liability Period, and

(ii) for loss or damage occasioned by the Contractor in the

course of any operations carried out by him for the purpose of

complying with his obligations under Clauses 49 and 50.

Responsibility for amounts not Recovered

21.3 Any amounts not insured or not recovered from the insurers

shall be borne by the Employer or the Contractor in accordance

with their responsibilities under Clause 20.

Exclusions 21.4 There shall be no obligation for the insurances in Sub-Clause

21.1 to include loss or damage caused by:

(a) war, hostilities (whether war be declared or not), invasion act

of foreign enemies,

(b) rebellion, revolution, insurrection, or military or usurped

power, or civil war,

(c) ionizing radiations, or contamination by radio-activity from

any nuclear fuel, or from any nuclear waste from the combustion

of nuclear fuel, radio-active toxic explosive or other hazardous

properties of any explosive nuclear assembly or nuclear

component thereof, or

(d) pressure waves caused by aircraft or other aerial devices

travelling at sonic or supersonic speeds.

Damages to Persons and Property

22.1 The Contractor shall, except if and so far as the Contract

provides otherwise, indemnify the Employer against all losses

and claims in respect of:

(a) death of or injury to any person, or

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(b) loss of or damage to any property (other than the Works),

which may arise out of or in consequence of the execution and

completion of the Works and the remedying of any defects

therein, and against all claims, proceedings, damages, costs,

charges and expenses whatsoever in respect thereof or in relation

thereto, subject to the exceptions defined in Sub-Clause 22.2.

Exceptions 22.2 The "exceptions" referred to in Sub-Clause 22.1 are:

(a) the permanent use or occupation of land by the Works, or any

part thereof.

(b) the right of the Employer to execute the Works, or any part

thereof, on, over,

under, in or through any land,

(c) damage to property which is the unavoidable result of the

execution and completion of the Works, or the remedying of any

defects therein, in accordance with the Contract, and

(d) death of or injury to persons or loss of or damage to property

resulting from any act or neglect of the Employer, his agents,

servants or other contractors, not being employed by the

Contractor, or in respect of any claims, proceedings, damages,

costs, charges and expenses in respect thereof or in relation

thereto or, where the injury or damage was contributed to by the

Contractor, his servants or agents, such part of the said injury or

damage as may be just and equitable having regard to the extent

of the responsibility of the Employer, his servants or agents or

other contractors for the injury or damage.

Indemnity by Employer

22.3 The Employer shall indemnify the Contractor against all claims,

proceedings, damages, costs, charges and expenses in respect of

the matters referred to in the exceptions defined in Sub-Clause

22.2.

Third Party Insurance (including Employer's Property)

23.1 The Contractor shall, without limiting his or the Employer's

obligations and responsibilities under Clause 22, insure, in the

joint names of the Contractor and the Employer, against

liabilities for death of or injury to any person (other than as

provided in Clause 24) or loss of or damage to any property

(other than the Works) arising out of the performance of the

Contract, other than the exceptions defined in paragraphs (a), (b)

and (c) of Sub-Clause 22.2.

Minimum amount of Insurance

23.2 Such insurance shall be for at least the amount stated in the

Appendix to Tender.

Cross Liabilities

23.3

The insurance policy shall include a cross liability clause such

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that the insurance shall apply to the Contractor and to the

Employer as separate insured.

Accident or Injury to Workmen

24.1 The Employer shall not be liable for or in respect of any

damages or compensation payable to any workman or other

person in the employment of the Contractor or any

Subcontractor, other than death or injury resulting from any act

or default of the Employer, his agents or servants. The

Contractor shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Employer

against all such damages and compensation, other than those for

which the Employer is liable as aforesaid, and against all claims,

proceedings, damages, costs, charges, and expenses whatsoever

in respect thereof or in relation thereto.

Insurance against Accident to Workmen

24.2 The Contractor shall insure against such liability and shall

continue such insurance during the whole of the time that any

persons are employed by him on the Works. Provided that, in

respect of any persons employed by any Subcontractor, the

Contractor's obligations to insure as aforesaid under this Sub-

Clause shall be satisfied if the Subcontractor shall have insured

against the liability in respect of such persons in such manner

that the Employer is indemnified under the policy, but the

Contractor shall require such Subcontractor to produce to the

Employer, when required, such policy of insurance and the

receipt for the payment of the current premium.

Evidence and terms of Insurances

25.1 The Contractor shall provide evidence to the Employer prior to

the start of work at the Site that the insurances required under

the Contract have been effected and shall, within 84 days of the

Commencement Date, provide the insurance policies to the

Employer. When, providing such evidence and such policies to

the Employer, the Contractor shall notify the Engineer of so

doing. Such insurance policies shall be consistent with the

general terms agreed prior to the issue of the Letter of

Acceptance. The Contractor shall effect all insurances for which

he is responsible with insurers and in terms approved by the

Employer.

Adequacy of Insurances

25.2 The Contractor shall notify the insurers of changes in the nature,

extent or programme for the execution of the Works and ensure

the adequacy of the insurances at all times in accordance with

the terms of the Contract and shall, when required, produce to

the Employer the insurance policies in force and the receipts for

payment of the current premiums.

Remedy on Contractor’s Failure to Insure

25.3 If the Contractor fails to effect and keep in force any of the

insurances required under the Contract or fails to provide the

policies to the Employer within the period required by Sub-

Clause 25. 1, then and in any such case the Employer may effect

and keep in force any such insurances and pay any premium as

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may be necessary for that purpose and from time to time deduct

the amount so paid from any monies due or to become due to the

Contractor, or recover the same as a debt due from the

Contractor.

Compliance with Policy conditions

25.4 In the event that the Contractor or the Employer fails to comply

with conditions imposed by the insurance policies effected

pursuant to the Contract, each shall indemnify the other against

all losses and claims arising from such failure.

Compliance with Statutes, Regulations

26.1 The Contractor shall conform in all respects, including by the

giving of all notices and the paying of all fees, with the

provisions of:

(a) any National or State Statute, Ordinance or other Law, or any

regulation, or bye-law of any local or other duly constituted

authority in relation to the execution and completion of the

Works and the remedying of any defects therein, and

(b) the rules and regulations of all public bodies and companies

whose property or rights are affected or may be affected in any

way by the Works, and the Contractor shall keep the Employer

indemnified against all penalties and liability of every kind for

breach of any such provisions. Provided always that the

Employer shall be responsible for obtaining any planning, zoning

or other similar permission required for the Works to proceed and

shall indemnify the Contractor in accordance with Sub-Clause

22.3.

Fossils 27.1 All fossils, coins, articles of value or antiquity and structures and

other remains or things of geological or archaeological interest

discovered on the Site shall, as between the Employer and the

Contractor, be deemed to be the absolute property of the

Employer. The Contractor shall take reasonable precautions to

prevent his workmen or any other persons from removing or

damaging any such article or thing and shall, immediately upon

discovery thereof and before removal, acquaint the Engineer of

such discovery and carry out the Engineer's instructions for

dealing with the same. If, by reason of such instructions, the

Contractor suffers delay and/or incurs costs then the Engineer

shall, after due consultation with the Employer and the

Contractor, determine:

(a) any extension of time to which the Contractor is entitled

under Clause 44, and (h) the amount of such costs which shall be

added to the Contract Price,

and shall notify the Contractor accordingly, with a copy to the

Employer.

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Patent Rights 28.1 The Contractor shall save harmless and indemnify the Employer

from and against all claims and proceedings for or on account of

infringement of any patent rights, design trademark or name or

other protected rights in respect of any Contractor's Equipment,

materials or Plant used for or in connection with or for

incorporation in the Works and from and against all damages,

costs, charges and expenses whatsoever in respect thereof or in

relation thereto, except where such infringement results from

compliance with the design or Specification provided by the

Engineer.

Royalties 28.2 Except where otherwise stated, the Contractor shall pay all

tonnage and other royalties, rent and other payments or

compensation, if any, for getting stone, sand, gravel, clay or other

materials required for the Works.

Interference with Traffic and Adjoining Properties

29.1 All operations necessary for the execution and completion of the

Works and the remedying of any defects therein shall, so far as

compliance with the requirements of the Contract permits, to be

carried on so as not to interfere unnecessarily or improperly with:

(a) the convenience of the public, or

(b) the access to, use and occupation of public or private roads

and footpaths to or of properties whether in the possession of the

Employer or of any other person.

The Contractor shall save harmless and indemnify the Employer

in respect of all claims, proceedings, damages, costs, charges and

expenses whatsoever arising out of, or in relation to, any such

matters insofar as the Contractor is responsible thereof.

Avoidance of Damage to Roads

30.1 The contractor shall use every reasonable means to prevent any

of the roads or bridges communicating with or on the routes to

the Site from being damaged or injured by any traffic of the

Contractor or any of his Subcontractors and, in particular, shall

select routes, choose and use vehicles and restrict and distribute

loads so that any such extraordinary traffic as will inevitably

arise from the moving of materials, Plant, Contractor’s

Equipment or Temporary Works from and to the Site shall be

limited, as far as reasonably possible, and so that no unnecessary

damages or injury may be occasioned to such roads and bridges.

Transport of Contractor’s Equipment or Temporary Works

30.2 Save insofar as the Contract otherwise provides, the Contractor

shall be responsible for and shall pay the cost of strengthening

any bridges or altering or improving any road communicating

with or on the routes to the Site to facilitate the movement of

Contractor's Equipment or Temporary Works and the Contractor

shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Employer against all

claims for damage to any such road or bridge caused by such

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movement, including such claims as may be made directly

against the Employer, and shall negotiate and pay all claims

arising solely out of such damage.

Transport of Materials or Plant

30.3 If, notwithstanding Sub-Clause 30.1, any damage occurs to any

bridge or road communicating with or on the routes to the Site

arising from the transport of materials or Plant, the Contractor

shall notify the Engineer with a copy to the Employer, as soon as

he becomes aware of such damage or as soon as he receives any

claim from the authority entitled to make such claim. Where

under any law or regulation the haulier of such materials or Plant

is required to indemnify the road authority against damage the

Employer shall not be liable for any costs, charges or expenses in

respect thereof or in relation thereto. In other cases the Employer

shall negotiate the settlement of and pay all sums due in respect

of such claim and shall indemnify the Contractor in respect

thereof and in respect of all claims, proceedings, damages, costs,

charges and expenses in relation thereto. Provided that if and so

far as any such claim or part thereof is, in the opinion of the

Engineer, due to any failure on the part of the Contractor to

observe and perform his obligations under Sub-Clause 30.1, then

the amount, determined by the Engineer, after due consultation

with the Employer and the Contractor, to be due to such failure

shall be recoverable from the Contractor by the Employer and

may be deducted by the Employer from any monies due or to

become due to the Contractor and the Engineer shall notify the

Contractor accordingly, with a copy to the Employer. Provided

also that the Employer shall notify the Contractor whenever a

settlement is to be negotiated and, where any amount may be due

from the Contractor, the Employer shall consult with the

Contractor before such settlement is agreed.

Waterborne Traffic

30.4 Where the nature of the Works is such as to require the use by the

Contractor of waterborne transport the foregoing provisions of

this Clause shall be construed as though “road” included a lock,

dock, sea wall or other structure related to a waterway and

“vehicle” included craft, and shall have effect accordingly.

Opportunities for other Contractors

31.1 The Contractor shall, in accordance with the requirements of the

Engineer, afford all reasonable opportunities for carrying out

their work to:

(a) any other contractors employed by the Employer and their

workmen,

(b) the workmen of the Employer, and

(c) the workmen of any duly constituted authorities who may be

employed in the execution on or near the Site of any work not

included in the Contract or of any contract which the Employer

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may enter into in connection with or ancillary to the Works.

Facilities for other Contractors

31.2 If, however, pursuant to Sub-Clause 31.1 the Contractor shall, on

the written request of the Engineer:

(a) make available to any such other contractor, or to the

Employer or any such authority, any roads or ways for the

maintenance of which the Contractor is responsible.

(b) permit the use, by any such, of Temporary Works or

Contractor’s Equipment on the Site, or

(c) provide any other service of whatsoever nature for any such,

the Engineer shall determine an addition to the Contract Price in

accordance with Clause 52 and shall notify the Contractor

accordingly, with a copy to the

Employer.

Contractor to keep Site Clear

32.1 During the execution of the Works the Contractor shall keep the

Site reasonably free from all unnecessary obstruction and shall

store or dispose of any Contractor's Equipment and surplus

materials and clear away and remove from the Site any wreckage,

rubbish or Temporary Works no longer required.

Clearance of Site on Completion

33.1 Upon the issue of any Taking-Over Certificate the Contractor

shall clear away and remove from that part of the Site to which

such Taking-Over Certificate relates all Contractor's Equipment,

surplus material, rubbish and Temporary Works of every kind,

and leave such part of the Site and Works clean and in a

workmanlike condition to the satisfaction of the Engineer.

Provided that the Contractor shall be entitled to retain on Site,

until the end of the Defects Liability Period, such materials,

Contractor's Equipment and Temporary Works as are required by

him for the purpose of fulfilling his obligations during the

Defects Liability Period.

Labour

Engagement of Staff and Labour

34.1 The Contractor shall, unless otherwise provided in the Contract,

make his own arrangements for the engagement of all staff and

labour, local or other, and for their payment, housing, feeding

and transport.

Returns of Labour and Contractor’s Equipment

35.1 The Contractor shall, if required by the Engineer, deliver to the

Engineer a return in detail, in such form and at such intervals as

the Engineer may prescribe, showing the staff and the numbers of

the several classes of labour from time to time employed by the

Contractor on the Site and such information respecting

Contractor's Equipment as the Engineer may require.

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Materials, Plant and Workmanship

Quality of materials, Plant and Workmanship

36.1 All materials, Plant and workmanship shall be:

(a) of the respective kinds described in the Contract and in

accordance with the Engineer's instructions, and

(b) subjected from time to time to such test as the Engineer may

require at the place of manufacture, fabrication or preparation, or

on the Site or at such other place or places as may be specified in

the Contract, or at all or any of such places.

The Contractor shall provide such assistance, labour, electricity,

fuels, stores apparatus and instruments as are normally required

for examining, measuring and testing any materials or Plant and

shall supply samples of materials, before incorporation in the

Works, for testing as may be selected and required by the

Engineer.

Cost of Samples 36.2 All samples shall be supplied by the Contractor at his own cost if

the supply thereof is clearly intended by or provided for in the

Contract.

Cost of Tests 36.3 The cost of making any test shall be borne by the Contractor if

such test is:

(a) clearly intended by or provided for in the Contract, or

(b) particularised in the Contract (in cases only of a test under

load or of a test to ascertain whether the design of any finished or

partially finished work is appropriate for the purposes which it

was intended to fulfil) in sufficient detail to enable the

Contractor to price or allow for the same in his Tender.

Cost of Tests not Provided for

36.4 If any test required by the Engineer which is:

(a) not so intended by or provided for,

(b) (in the cases above mentioned) not so particularised, or

(c) (though so intended or provided for) required by the Engineer

to be carried out at any place other than the Site or the place of

manufacture, fabrication or preparation of the materials or Plant

tested, shows the materials, plant or workmanship not to be in

accordance with the provisions of the Contract to the satisfaction

of the Engineer, then the cost of such test shall be borne by the

Contractor, but in any other case Sub-Clause 36.5 shall apply.

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Engineer’s Determination where Tests not Provided for

36.5 Where, pursuant to Sub-Clause 36.4, this Sub-Clause applies the

Engineer shall, after due consultation with the Employer and the

Contractor, determine:

(a) any extension of time to which the Contractor is entitled

under Clause 44, and (b) the amount of such costs, which shall be

added to the Contract Price, and shall notify the Contractor

accordingly, with a copy to the Employer.

Inspection of Operations

37.1 The Engineer, and any person authorised by him, shall at all

reasonable times have access to the Site and to all workshops and

places where materials or Plant are being manufactured,

fabricated or prepared for the Works and the Contractor shall

afford every facility for and every assistance in obtaining the

right to such access.

Inspection and Testing

37.2 The Engineer shall be entitled, during manufacture, fabrication or

preparation to inspect and test the materials and Plant to be

supplied under the Contract. If materials or Plant are being

manufactured, fabricated or prepared in workshops or places

other than those of the Contractor, the Contractor shall obtain

permission for the Engineer to carry out such inspection and

testing in those workshops or places. Such inspection or testing

shall not release the Contractor from any obligation under the

Contract.

Dates for Inspection and Testing

37.3 The Contractor shall agree with the Engineer on the time and

place for the inspection or testing of any materials or Plant as

provided in the Contract. The Engineer shall give the Contractor

not less than 24 hours notice of his intention to carry out the

inspection or to attend the tests. If the Engineer, or his duly

authorised representative, does not attend on the date agreed, the

Contractor may, unless otherwise instructed by the Engineer,

proceed with the tests, which shall be deemed to have been made

in the presence of the Engineer. The Contractor shall forthwith

forward to the Engineer duly certified copies of the test readings.

If the Engineer has not attended the tests, he shall accept the said

readings as accurate.

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Rejection 37.4 If, at the time and place agreed in accordance with Sub-Clause

37.3, the materials or Plant are not ready for inspection or testing

or if, as a result of the inspection or testing referred to in this

Clause, the Engineer determines that the materials or Plant are

defective or otherwise not in accordance with the Contract, he

may reject the materials or Plant and shall notify the Contractor

thereof immediately. The notice shall state the Engineer's

objections with reasons. The Contractor shall then promptly

make good the defect or ensure that rejected materials or Plant

comply with the Contract. If the Engineer so requests, the tests of

rejected materials or Plant shall be made or repeated under the

same terms and conditions. All costs incurred by the Employer

by the repetition of the tests shall, after due consultation with the

Employer and the Contractor, be determined by the Engineer and

shall be recoverable from the Contractor by the Employer and

may be deducted from any monies due or to become due to the

Contractor and the Engineer shall notify the Contractor

accordingly, with a copy to the Employer.

Independent Inspection

37.5 The Engineer may delegate inspection and testing of materials or

Plant to an independent inspector. Any such delegation shall be

effected in accordance with Sub-Clause 2.4 and for this purpose

such independent inspector shall be considered as an assistant of

the Engineer. Notice of such appointment (not being less than 14

days) shall be given by the Engineer to the Contractor.

Examination of Work before Covering up

38.1 No part of the Works shall be covered up or put out of view

without the approval of the Engineer and the Contractor shall

afford full opportunity for the Engineer to examine and measure

any such part of the Works which is about to be covered up or

put out of view and to examine foundations before any part of the

Works is placed thereon. The Contractor shall give notice to the

Engineer whenever any such part of the Works or foundations is

or are ready or about to be ready for examination and the

Engineer shall, without unreasonable delay, unless he considers it

unnecessary and advises the Contractor accordingly, attend for

the purpose of examining and measuring such part of the Works

or of examining such foundations.

Uncovering and Making Openings

38.2 The Contractor shall uncover any part of the Works or make

openings in or through the same as the Engineer may from time

to time instruct and shall reinstate and make good such part. If

any such part has been covered up or put out of view after

compliance with the requirement of Sub-Clause 38.1 and is found

to be executed in accordance with the Contract, the Engineer

shall after due consultation with the Employer and the

Contractor, determine the amount of the Contractor's costs in

respect of such of uncovering, making openings in or through,

reinstating and making good the same, which shall be added to

the Contract Price, and shall notify the Contractor accordingly,

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with a copy to the Employer. In any other case all costs shall be

borne by the Contractor.

Removal of Improper work, Materials or Plant

39.1 The Engineer shall have authority to issue instructions from time

to time, for:

(a) the removal from the Site, within such time or times as may

be specified in the instruction, of any materials or Plant which, in

the opinion of the Engineer, are not in accordance with the

Contract,

(b) the substitution of proper and suitable materials or Plant, and

(c) the removal and proper re-execution, notwithstanding any

previous test thereof or interim payment therefore, of any work

which, in respect of

(i) materials, Plant or workmanship, or

(ii) design by the Contractor or for which he is responsible, is

not, in the opinion of the Engineer, in accordance with the

Contract.

Default of Contractor in Compliance

39.2 In case of default on the part of the Contractor in carrying out such instruction within the time specified therein or, if none, within a reasonable time, the Employer shall be entitled to employ and pay other persons to carry out the same and all costs consequent thereon or incidental thereto shall, after due consultation with the Employer and the Contractor, be determined by the Engineer and shall be recoverable from the Contractor by the Employer, and may be deducted by the Employer from any monies due or to become due to the Contractor and the Engineer shall notify the Contractor accordingly, with a copy to the Employer.

Suspension

Suspension of Work

40.1 The Contractor shall, on the instructions of the Engineer, suspend

the progress of the Works or any part thereof for such time and in

such manner as the Engineer may consider necessary and shall,

during such suspension, properly protect and secure the Works or

such part thereof so far as is necessary in the opinion of the

Engineer. Unless such suspension is:

(a) otherwise provided for in the Contract,

(b) necessary by reason of some default of or breach of contract

by the contractor or for which he is responsible,

(c) necessary by reason of climatic conditions on the Site, or (d)

necessary for the proper execution of the Works or for the safety

of the Works or any part thereof (save to the extent that such

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necessity arises from any act or default by the Engineer or the

Employer or from any of risks defined in Sub-Clause 20.4),

Sub-Clause 40.2 shall apply.

Engineer’s Determination following Suspension

40.2 Where, pursuant to Sub-Clause 40.1, this Sub-Clause applies the

Engineer shall, after due consultation with the Employer and the

Contractor, determine:

(a) any extension of time to which the Contractor is entitled

under Clause 44, and

(b) the amount, which shall be added to the Contract Price, in

respect of the cost incurred by the Contractor by reason of such

suspension, and shall notify the Contractor accordingly, with a

copy to the Employer.

Suspension lasting more than 84 Days

40.3 If the progress of the Works or any part thereof is suspended on

the instructions of the Engineer and if permission to resume work

is not given by the Engineer within a period of 84 days from the

date of suspension then, unless such suspension is within

paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of Sub-Clause 40.1, the Contractor

may give notice to the Engineer requiring permission, within 28

days from the receipt thereof, to proceed with the Works or that

part thereof in regard to which progress is suspended. If, within

the said time, such permission is not granted, the Contractor may,

but is not bound to elect to treat the suspension, where it affects

part only of the Works, as an omission of such part under Clause

51 by giving a further notice to the Engineer to that effect, or,

where it affects the whole of the Works, treat the suspension as

an event of default by the Employer and terminate his

employment under the Contract in accordance with the

provisions of Sub-Clause 69.1, whereupon the provisions of Sub-

Clauses 69.2 and 69.3 shall apply.

Commencement and Delays

Commencement of Works

41.1 The Contractor shall commence the Works as soon as is

reasonably possible after the receipt by him of a notice to this

effect from the Engineer, which notice shall be issued within the

time stated in the Appendix to Tender after the date of the Letter

of Acceptance. Thereafter, the Contractor shall proceed with the

Works with due expedition and without delay.

Possession of Site and Access Thereto

42.1 Save insofar as the Contract may prescribe:

(a) the extent of portions of the Site of which the Contractor is to

be given possession from time to time,

(b) the order in which such portions shall be made available to

the Contractor, and, subject to any requirement in the Contract as

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to the order in which the Works shall be executed, the Employer

will, with the Engineer's notice to commence the Works, give to

the Contractor possession of

(c) so much of the Site, and

(d) such access as, in accordance with the Contract, is to be

provided by the Employer as maybe required to enable the

Contractor to commence and proceed with the execution of the

Works in accordance with the programme referred to in Clause

14, if any, and otherwise in accordance with such reasonable

proposals as the Contractor shall, by notice to the Engineer with a

copy to the Employer, make. The Employer will, from time to

time as the Works proceed, give to the Contractor possession of

such further portions of the Site as may be required to enable the

Contractor to proceed with the execution of the Works with due

dispatch in accordance with such programme or proposals, as the

case may be.

Failure to Give Possession

42.2 If the Contractor suffers delay and/or incurs costs from failure on

the part of the Employer to give position in accordance with the

terms of Sub-Clauses 42.1, the Engineer shall, after due

consultation with the Employer and the Contractor determine:

(a) an extension of time to which the Contractor is entitled under

Clause 44, and

(b) the amount of such costs, which shall be added to the

Contract Price, and shall notify the Contractor accordingly with a

copy to the Employer.

Rights of way and facilities

42.3 The Contractor shall bear all costs and charges for special or

temporary rights of way required by him in connection with

access to the Site. The Contractor shall also provide at his own

cost any additional facilities outside the Site required by him for

the purposes of the Works.

Time for Completion

43.1 The whole of the Works and, if applicable any Section required

to be completed within a particular time as stated in the

Appendix to Tender, shall be completed, in accordance with the

provisions of Clause 48, within the time stated in the Appendix to

Tender for the whole of the Works or the Section (as the case

may be), calculated from the Commencement Date, or such

extended time as may be allowed under Clause 44.

Extension of Time for Completion

44.1 in the event of:

(a) the amount or nature of extra or additional work.

(b) any cause of delay referred to in these Conditions,

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(c) exceptionally adverse climatic conditions,

(d) any delay, impediment or prevention by the Employer, or

(e) other special circumstances which may occur, other than

through a default of or breach of contract by the Contractor or for

which he is responsible, being such as fairly to entitle the

Contractor to an extension of the Time for completion of the

Works, - or any Section or part thereof, the Engineer shall, after

due consultation with the Employer and the Contractor,

determine the amount of such extension and shall notify the

Contractor accordingly, with a copy to the Employer.

Contractor to Provide Notification and Detailed Particulars

44.2 Provided that the Engineer is not bound to make any

determination unless the Contractor has

(a) within 28 days after such event has first arisen notified the

Engineer with a copy to the Employer, and

(b) within 28 days, or such other reasonable time as may be

agreed by the Engineer after such notification submitted to the

Engineer detailed particulars of

any extension of time to which he may consider himself entitled

in order that such submission may be investigated at the time.

Interim Determination of Extension

44.3 Provided also that where an event has a continuing effect such

that it is not practicable for the Contractor to submit detailed

particulars within the period of 28 days referred to in Sub-Clause

44.2(b), he shall nevertheless be entitled to an extension of time

provided that he has submitted to the Engineer interim particulars

at intervals of not more than 28 days and final particulars within

28 days of the end of the effects resulting from the event. On

receipt of such interim particulars, the Engineer shall, without

undue delay, make an interim determination of extension of time

and on receipt of the final particulars, the Engineer shall review

all the circumstances and shall determine an overall extension of

time in regard to the event. In both such cases the Engineer shall

make his determination after due consultation with the Employer

and the Contractor and shall notify the Contractor of the

determination, with a copy to the Employer. No final review shall

result in a decrease of any extension of time already determined

by the Engineer.

Restriction on Working Hours

45.1 Subject to any provision to the contrary contained in the

Contract, none of the Works shall, save as hereinafter provided,

be carried on during the night or on locally recognized days of

rest without the consent of the Engineer, except when work is

unavoidable or absolutely necessary for the saving of life or

property or for the safety of the Works, in which case the

Contractor shall immediately advise the Engineer. Provided that

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the provisions of this Clause shall not be applicable in the case of

any work which it is customary to carry out by multiple shifts.

Rate of Progress

46.1 If for any reason, which does not entitle the Contractor to an

extension of time, the rate of progress of the Works or any

Section is at any time, in the opinion of the Engineer, too slow to

comply with the Time for Completion, the Engineer shall so

notify the Contractor who shall thereupon take such steps as are

necessary, subject to the consent of the Engineer, to expedite

progress so as to comply with the Time for Completion. The

Contractor shall not be entitled to any additional payment for

taking such steps. If, as a result of any notice given by the

Engineer under this Clause, the Contractor considers that it is

necessary to do any work at night or on locally recognised days

of rest, he shall be entitled to seek the consent of the Engineer so

to do. Provided that if any steps, taken by the Contractor in

meeting his obligations under this Clause, involve the Employer

in additional supervision costs, such costs shall, after due

consultation with the Employer and the Contractor, be

determined by the Engineer and shall be recoverable from the

Contractor by the Employer, and may be deducted by the

Employer from any monies due or to become due to the

Contractor and the Engineer shall notify the Contractor

accordingly, with a copy to the Employer.

Liquidated Damages for Delay

47.1 If the Contractor fails to comply with the Time for Completion in

accordance with Clause 48, for the whole of the Works or, if

applicable, any Section within the relevant time prescribed by

Clause 43, then the Contractor shall pay to the Employer the

relevant sum stated in the Appendix to Tender as liquidated

damages for such default and not as a penalty (which sum shall

be the only monies due from the Contractor for such default) for

every day or part of a day which shall elapse between the

relevant Time for Completion and the date stated in a Taking-

Over Certificate of the whole of the Works or the relevant

Section, subject to the applicable limit stated in the Appendix to

Tender. The Employer may, without prejudice to any other

method of recovery, deduct the amount of such damages from

any monies due or to become due to the Contractor. The payment

or deduction of such damages shall not relieve the Contractor

from his obligation to complete the Works, or from any other of

his obligations and liabilities under the Contract.

Reduction of liquidated Damages

47.2 If, before the Time for Completion of the whole of the Works or,

if applicable, any Section, a Taking-Over Certificate has been

issued for any part the Works or of a Section, the liquidated

damages for delay in completion of the remainder of the Works

or of that Section shall, for any period of delay after the date

stated in such Taking-Over Certificates, and in the absence of

alternative provisions in the Contract, be reduced in the

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proportion which the value of the part so certified bears to the

value of the whole of the Works or Section, as applicable. The

provisions of this Sub-Clause shall only apply to the rate of

liquidated damages and shall not affect the limit thereof.

Taking-Over Certificate

48.1 When the whole of the Works have been substantially completed

and have satisfactorily passed any Tests on Completion

prescribed by the Contract, the Contractor may give a notice to

that effect to the Engineer, with a copy to the Employer,

accompanied by a written undertaking to finish with due

expedition any outstanding work during the Defects Liability

Period. Such notice and undertaking shall be deemed to be a

request by the Contractor for the Engineer to issue a Taking-Over

Certificate in respect of the Works. The Engineer shall, within 21

days of the date of delivery of such notice, either issue to the

Contractor, with a copy to the Employer, a Taking-Over

Certificate, stating the date on which, in his opinion, the Works

were substantially completed in accordance with the Contract, or

give instructions in writing to the Contractor specifying all the

work which, in the Engineer's opinion, is required to be done by

the Contractor before the issue of such Certificate. The Engineer

shall also notify the Contractor of any defects in the Works

affecting substantial completion that may appear after such

instructions and before completion of the Works specified

therein. The Contractor shall be entitled to receive such Taking-

Over Certificate within 21 days of completion, to the satisfaction

of the Engineer, of the Works so specified and remedying any

defects so notified.

Taking-Over of Section of Part

48.2 Similarly, in accordance with the procedure set out in Sub-Clause

48.1, the Contractor may request and the Engineer shall issue a

Taking-Over Certificate in respect of:

(a) any Section in respect of which a separate Time for

Completion is provided in the Appendix to Tender,

(b) any substantial part of the Permanent Works which has been

both completed to the satisfaction of the Engineer and, otherwise

than as provided for in the Contract, occupied or used by the

Employer, or

(c) any part of the Permanent Works which the Employer has

elected to occupy or use prior to completion (where such prior

occupation or use is not provided for in the Contract or has not

been agreed by the Contractor as a temporary measure).

Substantial Completion of Parts

48.3 If any part of the Permanent Works has been substantially

completed and has satisfactorily passed any Tests on Completion

prescribed by the Contract, the Engineer may issue a Taking-

Over Certificate in respect of that part of the Permanent Works

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before completion of the whole of the Works and, upon the issue

of such Certificate, the Contractor shall be deemed to have

undertaken to complete with due expedition any outstanding

work in that part of the Permanent works during the Defects

Liability Period.

Surfaces Requiring Reinstatement

48.4 Provided that a Taking-Over Certificate given in respect of any

Section or part of the Permanent Works before completion of the

whole of the Works, shall not be deemed to certify completion of

any ground or surfaces requiring reinstatement unless such

Taking-Over Certificate shall expressly so state.

Defects Liability

Defects Liability Period

49.1 In these Conditions the expression "Defects Liability Period"

shall mean the defects liability period named in the Appendix to

Tender, calculated from:

(a) the date of completion of the Works certified by the Engineer

in accordance with Clause 48, or

(b) in the event of more than one certificate having been issued

by the Engineer under Clause 48, the respective dates so

certified, and in relation to the Defects Liability Period the

expression “the Works” shall be construed accordingly.

Completion of Outstanding Work and remedying Defects

49.2 To the intent that the Works shall, at or as soon as practicable

after expiration of the Defects Liability Period, be delivered to

the Employer in the condition required by the Contract, fair wear

and tear excepted, to the satisfaction of the Engineer, the

Contractor shall:

(a) complete the work, if any, outstanding on the date stated in

the Taking-Over Certificate as soon as practicable after such

date, and

(b) execute all such work of amendment, reconstruction, and

remedying defects, shrinkages or other faults as the Engineer

may, during the Defects Liability Period or within 14 days after

its expiration, as a result of an inspection made by or on behalf of

the Engineer prior to its expiration, instruct the Contractor to

execute.

Cost of Remedying Defects

49.3 All work referred to in Sub-Clause 49.2 (b) shall be executed by

the Contractor at his own cost if the necessity thereof is, in the

opinion of the Engineer, due to:

(a) the use of materials, Plant or, workmanship not in accordance

with the Contract,

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(b) where the Contractor is responsible for the design of part of

the Permanent Works, any fault in such design, or

(c) the neglect or failure on the part of the Contractor to comply

with any obligation, expressed or implied, on the Contractor's

part under the Contract.

If, in the opinion of the Engineer, such necessity is due to any

other cause, he shall determine an addition to the Contract Price

in accordance with Clause 52 and shall notify the Contractor

accordingly, with a copy to the Employer.

Contractor’s failure to carry out Instructions

49.4 In case of default on the part of the Contractor in carrying out

such instruction within a reasonable time, the Employer shall be

entitled to employ and pay other persons to carry out the same

and if such work is work which, in the opinion of the Engineer,

the Contractor was liable to do at his own cost under the

Contract, then all costs consequent thereon or incidental thereto

shall, after due consultation with the Employer and the

Contractor, be determined by the Engineer and shall be

recoverable from the Contractor by the Employer, and may be

deducted by the Employer from any monies due or to become

due to the Contractor and the Engineer shall notify the Contractor

accordingly, with a copy to the Employer.

Contractor to search

50.1 If any defect, shrinkage or other fault in the Works appears at any

time prior to the end of the Defects Liability Period, the Engineer

may instruct the Contractor, with copy to the Employer, to search

under the directions of the Engineer for the cause thereof. Unless

such defect, shrinkage or other fault is one for which the

Contractor is liable under the Contract, the Engineer shall, after

due consultation with the Employer and the Contractor,

determine the amount in respect of the costs of such search

incurred by the Contractor, which shall be added to the Contract

Price and shall notify the Contractor accordingly, with a copy to

the Employer. If such defect, shrinkage or other fault is one for

which the Contractor is liable, the cost of the work carried out in

searching as aforesaid shall be borne by the Contractor and he

shall in such case remedy such defect, shrinkage or other fault at

his own cost in accordance with the provisions of Clause 49.

Alterations, Additions and Omissions

Variations 51.1 The Engineer shall make any variation of the form, quality or

quantity of the Works or any part thereof that may in his opinion,

be necessary and for that purpose, or if for any other reason it

shall, in his opinion, be appropriate, he shall have the authority to

instruct the Contractor to do and the Contractor shall do any of

the following:

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(a) increase or decrease the quantity of any work included in the

Contract,

(b) omit any such work (but not if the omitted work is to be

carried out by the Employer or by another contractor).

(c) change the character or quality or kind of any such work,

(d) change the levels, lines, position and dimensions of any part

of the Works,

(e) execute additional work of any kind necessary for the

completion of the Works, or

(f) change any specified sequence or timing of construction of

any part of the Works.

No such variation shall in any way vitiate or invalidate the

Contract, but the effect, if any, of all such variations shall be

valued in accordance with Clause 52. Provided that where the

issue of an instruction to vary the Works is necessitated by some

default of or breach of contract by the Contractor or for which he

is responsible, any additional cost attributable to such default

shall be borne by the Contractor.

Instructions for Variation

51.2 The Contractor shall not make any such variation without an

instruction of the Engineer. Provided that no instruction shall be

required for increase or decrease in the quantity of any work

where such increase or decrease is not the result of an instruction

given under this Clause, but is the result of the quantities

exceeding or being less than those stated in the Bill of Quantities.

Valuation of Variations

52.1 All variations referred to in Clause 51 and any additions to the

Contract Price which are required to be determined in accordance

with Clause 52 (for the purposes of this Clause referred to as

"varied work"), shall be valued at the rates and prices set out in

the Contract if, in the opinion of the Engineer, the same shall be

applicable. If the Contract does not contain any rates or prices

applicable to the varied work, the rates and prices in the Contract

shall be used as the basis for valuation so far as may be

reasonable, failing which, after due consultation by the Engineer

with the Employer and the Contractor, suitable rates or prices

shall be agreed upon between the Engineer and the Contractor. In

the event of disagreement the Engineer shall fix such rates or

prices as are, in his opinion appropriate and shall notify the

Contractor accordingly, with a copy to the Employer. Until such

time as rates or prices are agreed or fixed, the Engineer shall

determine provisional rates or prices to enable on-account

payments to be included in certificates issued in accordance with

Clause 60.

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Power of Engineer to Fix Rates

52.2 Provided that if the nature or amount of any varied work relative

to the nature or amount of the whole of the Works or to any part

thereof, is such that, in the opinion of the Engineer, the rate or

price contained in the Contract for any item of the Works is, by

reason of such varied work, rendered inappropriate or

inapplicable, then, after due consultation by the Engineer with

the Employer and the Contractor, a suitable rate or price shall be

agreed upon between the Engineer and the Contractor. In the

event of disagreement the Engineer shall fix such other rate or

price as is, in his opinion, appropriate and shall notify the

Contractor accordingly, with a copy to the Employer. Until such

time as rates or prices are agreed or fixed, the Engineer shall

determine provisional rates or prices to enable on-account

payments to be included in certificates issued in accordance with

Clause 60.

Provided also that no varied work instructed to be done by the

Engineer pursuant to Clause 51 shall be valued under Sub-Clause

52.1 or under this Sub-Clause unless, within 14 days of the date

of such instruction and, other than in the case of omitted work,

before the commencement of the varied work, notice shall have

been given either:

(a) by the Contractor to the Engineer of his intention to claim

extra payment or varied rate or price, or

(b) by the Engineer to the Contractor for his intention to vary a

rate or price.

Variations Exceeding 15 Percent

52.3 If, on the issue of the Taking-Over Certificate for the whole of

the Works, it is found that as a result of:

(a) all varied work valued under Sub-Clauses 52.1 and 52.2 and

(b) all adjustments upon measurement of the estimated quantities

set out in the Bill of Quantities, excluding provisional Sums,

dayworks and adjustments of price made under Clause 70, but

not from all other cause, there have been additions to or

deductions from the Contract Price which taken together are in

excess of 15 percent of the "Effective Contract Price" (which for

the purposes of this Sub-Clause shall mean the Contract Price,

excluding Provisional Sums, and allowance for dayworks, if any)

then and in such event (subject to any action already taken under

any other Sub-Clause of this Clause), after due consultation by

the Engineer with the Employer and the Contractor, there shall be

added to or deducted from the Contract Price such further sum as

may be agreed between the Contractor and the Engineer or,

failing agreement, determined by the Engineer having regard to

the Contractor's Site and general overhead costs of the Contract.

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The Engineer shall notify the Contractor of any determination

made under this Sub-Clause, with a copy to the Employer. Such

sum shall be based only on the amount by which such additions

or deductions shall be in excess of 15 percent of the Effective

Contract Price.

Daywork 52.4 The Engineer may, if in his opinion it is necessary desirable,

issue an instruction that any varied work shall be executed on a

daywork basis. The Contractor shall then be paid for such varied

work under the terms set out in the daywork schedule included in

the Contract and at the rates and prices affixed thereto by him in

the Tender.

The Contractor shall furnish to the Engineer such receipts or

other vouchers as may be necessary to prove the amounts paid

and, before ordering materials, shall submit to the Engineer

quotations for the same for his approval.

In respect of such of the Works executed on a daywork basis, the

Contractor shall, during the continuance of such work, deliver

each day to the Engineer an exact list in duplicate of the names,

occupation and time of all workmen employed on such work and

a statement, also in duplicate, showing the description and

quantity of all materials and Contractor's Equipment used thereon

or therefore other than Contractor's Equipment which is included

in the percentage addition in accordance with such daywork

schedule. One copy of each list and statement will, if correct, or

when agreed, be signed by the Engineer and returned to the

Contractor.

At the end of each month the Contractor shall deliver to the

Engineer a priced statement of the labour, materials and

Contractor's Equipment, except as aforesaid, used and the

Contractor shall not be entitled to any payment unless such lists

and statements have been fully and punctually rendered.

Provided always that if the Engineer considers that for any reason

the sending of such lists or statements by the Contractor, in

accordance with the foregoing provision, was impracticable he

shall nevertheless, be entitled to authorized payment for such

work, either as daywork, on being satisfied as to the time

employed and the labour, materials and Contractor’s Equipment

used on such work, or at such value therefore as shall, in his

opinion, be fair and reasonable.

Procedure for Claims

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Notice of Claims 53.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Contract, if the

Contractor intends to claim any additional payment pursuant to

any Clause of these Conditions or otherwise, he shall give notice

of his intention to the Engineer, with a copy to the Employer,

within 28 days after the event giving rise to the claim has first

arisen.

Contemporary Records

53.2 Upon the happening of the event referred to in Sub-Clause 53.1,

the Contractor shall keep such contemporary records as may

reasonably be necessary to support any claim he may

subsequently wish to make. Without necessarily admitting the

Employer’s liability, the Engineer shall, on receipt of a notice

under Sub-Clause 53.1, inspect such contemporary records and

may instruct the Contractor to keep any further contemporary

records as are reasonable and may be material to the claim of

which notice has been given. The Contractor shall permit the

Engineer to inspect all records kept pursuant to this Sub-Clause

and shall supply him with copies thereof as and when the

Engineer so instructs.

Substantiation of Claims

53.3 Within 28 days, or such other reasonable time as may agreed by

the Engineer of giving notice under Sub-Clause 53.1, the

Contractor shall send to the Engineer an account giving detailed

particulars of the amount claimed and the grounds upon which

the claim is based. Where the event giving rise to the claim has a

continuing effect, such account shall be considered to be an

interim account and the Contractor shall, at such intervals as the

Engineer may reasonably require, send further interim accounts

giving the accumulated amount of the claim and any further

grounds upon which it is based. In cases where interim accounts

are sent to the Engineer, the Contractor shall send a final account

within 28 days of the end of the effects resulting from the event.

The Contractor shall, if required by the Engineer so to do, copy

to the Employer all accounts sent to the Engineer pursuant to this

Sub-Clause.

Failure to Comply

53.4 If the Contractor fails to comply with any of the provisions of

this Clause in respect of any claim which he seeks to make, his

entitlement to payment in respect thereof shall not exceed such

amount as the Engineer or any arbitrator or arbitrators appointed

pursuant to Sub-Clause 67.3 assessing the claims considers to be

verified by contemporary records (whether or not such records

were brought to the Engineer's notice, as required under Sub-

Clauses 53.2 and 53.3).

Payment of Claims

53.5 The Contractor shall be entitled to have included in any Interim

payment certified by the Engineer pursuant to Clause 60 such

amount in respect of any claim as the Engineer, after due

consultation with the Employer and the Contractor, may consider

due to the Contractor provided that the Contractor has supplied

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sufficient particulars to enable the Engineer to determine the

amount due. If such particulars are insufficient to substantiate the

whole of the claim, the Contractor shall be entitled to payment in

respect of such part of the claim as such particulars may

substantiate to the satisfaction of the Engineer. The Engineer

shall notify the Contractor of any determination made under this

Sub-Clause, with a copy to the Employer.

Contractor’s Equipment, Temporary Works and Materials

Contractor’s Equipment, Temporary Works and Materials; Exclusive use for the works

54.1 All Contractor's Equipment, Temporary Works and materials

provided by the Contractor shall, when brought on to the Site, be

deemed to be exclusively intended for the execution of the Works

and the Contractor shall not remove the same or any part thereof,

except for the purpose of moving it from one part of the Site to

another, without the consent of the Engineer. Provided that

consent shall not be required for vehicles engaged in transporting

any staff, labour, Contractor's Equipment, Temporary Works,

Plant or materials to or from the Site.

Employer not Liable for Damage

54.2 The Employer shall not at any time to be liable, save as

mentioned in Clauses 20 and 65, for the loss of or damage to any

of the said Contractor Equipment, Temporary Works or

materials.

Customs Clearance

54.3 The Employer will use his best endeavours in assisting the

Contractor, where required, in obtaining clearance through the

Customs of Contractor’s Equipment, materials and other things

required for the Works.

Re-exports of Contractor’s Equipment

54.4 In respect of any Contractor’s Equipment which the Contractor

has imported for the purposes of the Works, the Employer will

use his best endeavours to assist the Contractor, where required,

in procuring any necessary Government consent to the re-export

of such Contractor’s Equipment by the Contractor upon the

removal thereof pursuant to the terms of the Contract.

Conditions of Hire of Contractor’s Equipment

54.5 With a view to securing, in the event of termination under Clause

63, the continued availability, for the purpose of executing the

Works, of any hired Contractor’s Equipment, the Contractor shall

not bring on to the Site any hired Contractor’s Equipment unless

there is an agreement for the hire thereof (which agreement shall

be deemed not to include an agreement for hire purchase) which

contains a provision that the owner thereof will, on request in

writing made by the Employer within 7 days after the date on

which any termination has become effective, and on the

Employer undertaking to pay all hire charges in respect thereof

from such date, hire such Contractor’s Equipment to the

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Employer on the same terms in all respects as the same was hired

to the Contractor save that the Employer shall be entitled to

permit the use thereof by any other contractor employed by him

for the purpose of executing and completing the Works and

remedying any defects therein, under the terms of the said Clause

63.

Costs for the purpose of Clause 63

54.6 In the event of the Employer entering into any agreement for the

hire of Contractor's Equipment pursuant to Sub-Clause 54.5, all

sums properly paid by the Employer under the provisions of any

such agreement and all costs incurred by him (including stamp

duties) in entering into such agreement shall be deemed, for the

purpose of Clause 63, to be part of the cost of executing and

completing the Works and the remedying of any defects therein.

Incorporation of Clause in Subcontracts

54.7 The Contractor shall, where entering into any subcontract for the

execution of any part of the Works, incorporate in such

subcontract (by reference or otherwise) the provisions of this

Clause in relation to Contractor’s Equipment, Temporary Works

or materials brought on to the Site by the Subcontractor.

Approval of Materials not Implied

54.8 The operation of this Clause shall not be deemed to imply any

approval by the Engineer of the materials or other matters

referred to therein nor shall it prevent the rejection of any such

materials at any time by the Engineer.

Measurement

Quantities 55.1 The quantities set out in the Bill of Quantities are the estimated

quantities for the Works, and they are not to be taken as the

actual and correct quantities of the Works to be executed by the

Contractor in fulfilment of his obligations under the Contract.

Works to be Measured

56.1 The Engineer shall, except as otherwise stated, ascertain and

determine by measurement the value of the Works in accordance

with the Contract and the Contractor shall be paid that value in

accordance with Clause 60. The Engineer shall, when he requires

any part of the Works to be measured, give reasonable notice to

the Contractor's authorised agent, who shall:

(a) forthwith attend or send a qualified representative to assist the

Engineer in making such measurement, and

(b) supply all particulars required by the Engineer.

Should the Contractor not attend, or neglect or omit to send such

representative, then the measurement made by the Engineer or

approved by him shall be taken to be the correct measurement of

such part of the Works. For the purpose of measuring such

Permanent works as are to be measured by records and drawings,

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the Engineer shall prepare records and drawings as the work

proceeds and the Contractor, as and when called upon to do so in

writing, shall, within 14 days, attend to examine and agree such

records and drawings with the Engineer and shall sign the same

when so agreed. If the Contractor does not attend to examine and

agree such records and drawings, they shall be taken to be

correct. If, after examination of such records and drawings, the

Contractor does not agree the same or does not sign the same as

agreed, they shall nevertheless be taken to be correct, unless the

Contractor, within 14 days of such examination, lodges with the

Engineer notice of the respects in which such records and

drawings are claimed by him to be incorrect. On receipt of such

notice, the Engineer shall review the records and drawings and

either confirm or vary them.

Method of Measurement

57.1 The Works shall be measured net, notwithstanding any general or

local customs, except where otherwise provided for in the

Contract.

Breakdown of Lump sum Items

57.2 For the purposes of statements submitted in accordance with

Sub-Clause 60.1, the Contractor shall submit to the Engineer,

within 28 days after the receipt of the Letter of Acceptance, a

breakdown for each of the lump sum items contained in the

Tender. Such breakdowns shall be subject to the approval of the

Engineer.

Provisional Sums

Definition of “Provisional Sums”

58.1 “Provisional Sum” means a sum included in the Contract and so

designated in the Bill of Quantities for the execution of any part

of the Works or for the supply of goods, materials, Plant or

services, or for contingencies, which sum may be used, in whole

or in part, or not at all, on the instructions of the Engineer. The

Contractor shall be entitled to only such amounts in respect of the

work, supply or contingencies to which such Provisional Sums

relate as the Engineer shall determine in accordance with this

Clause. The Engineer shall notify the Contractor of any

determination made under this Sub-Clause, with a copy to the

Employer.

Use of Provisional Sums

58.2 In respect of every Provisional Sum the Engineer shall have

authority to issue instructions for the execution of work or for the

supply of goods, materials, Plant or services by:

(a) the Contractor, in which case the Contractor shall be entitled

to an amount equal to the value thereof determined in accordance

with Clause 52, and

(b) a nominated Subcontractor, as hereinafter defined, in which

case the sum to be paid to the Contractor therefore shall be

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determined and paid in accordance with Sub-Clause 59.4.

Production of Vouchers

58.3 The Contractor shall produce to the Engineer all quotations,

invoices, vouchers and accounts or receipts in connection with

expenditure in respect of Provisional Sums, except where work is

valued in accordance with rates or prices set out in the Tender.

Nominated Subcontractors

Definition of “Nominated Subcontractor”

59.1 All specialists, merchants, tradesmen and others executing any

work or supplying any goods, materials, Plant or services for

which Provisional Sums are included in the Contract, who may

have been or be nominated or selected or approved by the

Employer or the Engineer, and all persons to whom by virtue of

the provisions of the Contract the Contractor is required to

subcontract shall, in the execution of such work or the supply of

such goods, materials, Plant or services, be deemed to be

subcontractors to the Contractor and are referred to in this

Contract as "nominated Subcontractors".

Nominated Subcontractors; Objection to Nomination

59.2 The Contractor shall not be required by the Employer or the

Engineer, or be deemed to be under any obligation, to employ

any nominated Subcontractors against whom the Contractor may

raise reasonable objection, or who declines to enter into a

subcontract with the Contractor containing provisions:

(a) that in respect of the work, goods, materials, Plant or services

the subject of the subcontract, the nominated Subcontractor will

undertake towards the Contractor such obligations and liabilities

as will enable the Contractor to discharge his own obligations

and liabilities towards the Employer under the terms of the

Contract and will save harmless and indemnify the Contractor

from and against the same and from all claims, proceeding,

damages, costs, charges and expenses whatsoever arising out of

or in connection therewith, or arising out of or in connection with

any failure to perform such obligations or to fulfil such liabilities,

and

(b) that the nominated Subcontractor will save harmless and

indemnify the Contractor from and against any negligence by the

nominated subcontractor, his agents, workmen and servants and

from and against any misuse by him or them of any Temporary

Works provided by the Contractor for the purposes of the

Contract and from all claims as aforesaid.

Design Requirements to be Expressly Stated

59.3 If in connection with any Provisional Sum the services to be

provided included any matter of design or specification of any

part of the Permanent Works or of any Plant to be incorporated

therein, such requirement shall be expressly stated in the Contract

and shall be included in any nominated Subcontract. The

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nominated Subcontract shall specify that the nominated

Subcontractor providing such services will save harmless and

indemnify the Contractor from and against the same and from all

claims, proceedings, damages, costs, charges and expenses

whatsoever arising out of or in connection with any failure to

perform such obligations or to fulfil such liabilities.

Payments to Nominated Subcontractors

59.4 For all work executed or goods, materials, Plant or services

supplied by any nominated Subcontractor, the Contractor shall be

entitled to:

(a) the actual price paid or due to be paid by the Contractor, on

the instructions of the Engineer, and in accordance with the

Subcontract;

(b) in respect of all labour supplied by the contractor, the sums, if

any, entered in the Bill of Quantities or, if instructed by the

Engineer pursuant to paragraph (a) of Sub-Clause 58.2, as may

be determined in accordance with Clause 52; and

(c) in respect of all other charges and profit, a sum being a

percentage rate of the actual price paid or due to be paid

calculated, where provision has been made in the Bill of

Quantities for a rate to be set against the relevant Provisional

Sum, at the rate inserted by the Contractor against that item or,

where no such provision has been made, at the rate inserted by

the Contractor in the Appendix to Tender and repeated where

provision for such is made in a special item provided in the Bill

of Quantities for such purpose

Certification of Payments to Nominated Subcontractors

59.5 Before issuing, under Clause 60, any certificate, which includes

any payment in respect of work done or goods, materials, Plant

or services supplied by any nominated Subcontractor, the

Engineer shall be entitled to demand from the Contractor

reasonable proof that all payments, less retentions, included in

previous certificates in respect of the work or goods, materials,

Plant or services of such nominated Subcontractor have been

paid or discharged by the Contractor. If the Contractor fails to

supply such proof then, unless the Contractor:

(a) satisfies the Engineer in writing that he has reasonable cause

for withholding or refusing to make such payments, and

(b) produces to the Engineer reasonable proof that he has so

informed such nominated Subcontractor in writing, the Employer

shall be entitled to pay to such nominated Subcontractor direct,

upon the certificate of the Engineer, all payments, less retentions,

provided for in the nominated Subcontract, which the Contractor

has failed to make to such nominated Subcontractor and to

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deduct by way of set-off the amount so paid by the Employer

from any sums due or to become due from the Employer to the

Contractor.

Provided that, where the Engineer has certified and the Employer

has paid direct as aforesaid, the Engineer shall, in issuing any

further certificate in favour of the Contractor, deduct from the

amount thereof the amount so paid, direct as aforesaid, but shall

not withhold or delay the issue of the certificate itself when due

to be issued under the terms of the Contract.

Certificates and Payment

Monthly Statements

60.1 The Contractor shall submit to the Engineer after the end of each

month six copies, each signed by the Contractor's representative

approved by the Engineer in accordance with Sub-Clause 15.1, of

a statement, in such form as the Engineer may from time to time

prescribe, showing the amounts to which the Contractor

considers himself to be entitled up to the end of the month in

respect of:

(a) the value of the Permanent Works executed,

(b) any other items in the Bill of Quantities including those for

Contractor's Equipment, Temporary Works, dayworks and the

like,

(c) the percentage of the invoice value of listed materials, all as

stated in the Appendix to Tender, and Plant delivered by the

Contractor on the Site for incorporation in the Permanent Works

but not incorporated in such Works,

(d) adjustments under Clause 70, and

(c) any other sum to which the Contractor may be entitled under

the Contract or otherwise.

Monthly Payments

60.2 The Engineer shall, within 15 days of receiving such statement,

deliver to the Employer an Interim Payment Certificate stating

the amount of payment to the Contractor which the Engineer

considers due and payable in respect of such statement, subject:

(a) firstly, to the retention of the amount calculated by applying

the Percentage of Retention stated in the Appendix to Tender, to

the amount to which the Contractor is entitled under paragraphs

(a), (b), (c) and (e); of Sub-Clause 60.1 until the amount so

retained reaches the Limit of Retention Money stated in the

Appendix to Tender, and

(b) secondly, to the deduction, other than pursuant to Clause 47,

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of any sums which may have become due and payable by the

Contractor to the Employer.

Provided that the Engineer shall not be bound to certify any

payment under this Sub-Clause if the net amount thereof, after all

retentions and deductions, would be less than the Minimum

Amount of Interim Payment Certificates stated in the Appendix

to Tender.

Notwithstanding the terms of this Clause or any other Clause of

the Contract no amount will be certified by the Engineer for

payment until the performance security, if required under the

Contract, has been provided by the Contractor and approved by

the Employer.

Payment of Retention Money

60.3 (a) Upon the issue of the Taking-Over Certificate with respect to

the whole of the Works, one half of the Retention Money, or

upon the issue of a Taking-Over Certificate with respect to a

Section or part of the Permanent Works only such proportion

thereof as the Engineer determines having regard to the relative

value of such Section or part of the Permanent Works, shall be

certified by the Engineer for payment to the Contractor.

(b) Upon the expiration of the Defects Liability Period for the

Works the other half of the Retention Money shall be certified by

the Engineer for payment to the Contractor. Provided that, in the

event of different Defects Liability Periods having become

applicable to different Sections or parts of the Permanent Works

pursuant to Clause 48, the expression "expiration of the Defects

Liability Period" shall, for the purposes of this Sub-Clause, be

deemed to mean the expiration of the latest of such periods.

Provided also that if at such time there shall remain to be

executed by the Contractor any work, instructed, pursuant to

Clauses 49 and 50, in respects of the Works, the Engineer shall

be entitled to withhold certification, until completion of such

work of so much of the balance of the Retention Money as shall,

in the opinion of the Engineer, represent the cost of the work

remaining to be executed.

Correction of Certificates

60.4 The Engineer may be any Interim Payment Certificate make any correction or modification in any previous Interim Payment Certificate which shall have been issued by him and shall have authority, if any work is not being carried out to his satisfaction, to omit or reduce the value of such work in any Interim Payment Certificate.

Statement at Completion

60.5 Not later than 84 days after the issue of the Taking-Over

Certificate in respect of the whole of the Works, the Contractor

shall submit to the Engineer six copies of a Statement at

Completion with supporting documents showing in detail, in the

form approved by the Engineer:

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(a) the final value of all work done in accordance with the

Contract up to the date stated in such Taking-Over Certificate.

(b) any further sums which the Contractor considers to be due,

and

(c) an estimate of amounts which the Contractor considers will

become due to him under the Contract.

The estimated amounts shall be shown separately in such

Statement at Completion. The Engineer shall certify payment in

accordance with Sub-Clause 60.2.

Final Statement 60.6 Not later than 56 days after the issue of the Defects Liability

Certificate pursuant to Sub-Clause 62.1, the Contractor shall

submit to the Engineer for consideration six copies of a draft

final statement with supporting documents showing in detail, in

the form approved by the Engineer:

(a) the value of all work done in accordance with the Contract,

and

(b) any further sums which the Contractor considers to be due to

him under the Contract or otherwise. If the Engineer disagrees

with or cannot verify any part of the draft final statement, the

Contractor shall submit such further information as the Engineer

may reasonably require and shall make such changes in the draft

as may be agreed between them. The Contractor shall then

prepare and submit to the Engineer the final statement as agreed

(for the purposes of these Conditions referred to as the "Final

Statement").

If, following discussions between the Engineer and the

Contractor and any changes to the draft final statement which

may be agreed between them, it becomes evident that a dispute

exists, the Engineer shall deliver to the Employer an Interim

Payment Certificate for those parts of the draft final statement, if

any, which are not in dispute. The dispute may then be settled in

accordance with Clause 67.

Discharge 60.7 Upon submission of the Final Statement, the Contractor shall

give to the Employer, with a copy to the Engineer, a written

discharge confirming that the total of the Final Statement

represents full and final settlement of all monies due to the

Contractor arising out of or in respect of the Contract. Provided

that such discharge shall become effective only after payment

due under the Final Payment Certificate issued pursuant to Sub-

Clause 60.8 has been made and the performance security referred

to in Sub-Clause 10.1, if any, has been returned to the Contractor.

Final Payment 60.8 Within 28 days after receipt of the Final Statement, and the

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Certificate written discharge the Engineer shall issue to the Employer (with

a copy to the Contractor) a Final Payment Certificate stating:

(a) the amount which, in the opinion of the Engineer, is finally

due under the Contract or otherwise, and

(b) after giving credit to the Employer for all amounts previously

paid by the Employer and for all sums to which the Employer is

entitled other than under Clause 47, the balance, if any, due from

the Employer to the Contractor or from the Contractor to the

Employer as the case may be.

Cessation of Employer’s Liability

60.9 The Employer shall not be liable to the Contractor for any matter

or thing arising out of or in connection with the Contract or

execution of the Works, unless the Contractor shall have included

a claim in respect thereof in his Final Statement and (except in

respect of matters or things arising after the issue of the Taking-

Over Certificate in respect of the whole of the Works) in the

Statement at Completion referred to in Sub-Clause 60.5.

Time for Payment

60.10 The amount due to the Contractor under any Interim Payment

Certificate issued by the Engineer pursuant to this Clause or to

any other term of the Contract, shall subject to Clause 47, be paid

by the Employer to the Contractor within 28 days after such

Interim payment Certificate has been delivered to the Employer,

or in the case of the Final Payment Certificate referred to in Sub-

Clause 60.8, within 56 days after such Final Payment Certificate

has been delivered to the Employer. In the eve of the failure of

the Employer to make payment within the times stated, the

Employer shall pay to the Contractor interest at the rate stated in

the Appendix to Tender upon all sums unpaid from the date by

which the same should have been paid. The provision of this

Sub-Clause are without prejudice to the Contractor’s entitlement

under Clause 69 or otherwise.

Approval only by Defects Liability Certificate

61.1 Only the Defects Liability Certificate, referred to in Clause 62,

shall be deemed constitute approval of the Works.

Defects Liability Certificates

62.1 The Contract shall not be considered as completed until a Defects

Liability Certificate shall have been signed by the Engineer and

delivered to the Employer with a copy to the Contractor, stating

the date on which the Contractor shall have completed his

obligations to execute and complete the Works and remedy any

defects therein to the Engineer’s satisfaction. The Defects

Liability Certificate shall be given by the Engineer within 28

days after the expiration of the Defect Liability Period, or, if

different defects liability periods shall become applicable to

different Sections or parts of the Permanent Works, the

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expiration of the late such period, or as soon thereafter as any

works instructed, pursuant to Clauses 40 and 50, have been

completed to the satisfaction of the Engineer. Provided that the

issue of the Defects Liability Certificate shall not be a condition

precedent to payment to the Contractor of the second portion of

the Retention Money in accordance with the conditions set out in

Sub-Clause 60.3.

Unfulfilled Obligations

62.2 Notwithstanding the issue of the Defects Liability Certificate the

Contractor and the Employer shall remain liable for the

fulfilment of any obligation incurred under the provisions of the

Contract prior to the issue of the Defects Liability Certificate

which remains unperformed at the time such Defects Liability

Certificate is issued and, for the purposes of determining the

nature and extent to any such obligation, the Contract shall be

deemed to remain in force between the parties to the Contract.

Remedies

Default of Contractor

63.1 If the Contractor is deemed by law unable to pay his debts as

they fall due, or enters into voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy,

liquidation or dissolution (other than a voluntary liquidation for

the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction), or becomes

insolvent, or makes an arrangement with, or assignment in favour

of, his creditors, or agree to carry out the Contract under a

committee of inspection of his creditors, or if a receiver,

administrator, trustee or liquidator is appointed over any

substantial part of his assets, or if, under any law or regulation

relating to reorganization, arrangement or readjustment of debts,

proceedings are commenced against the Contractor or resolutions

passed in connection with dissolution or liquidation or if any

steps are taken to enforce any security interest over a substantial

part of the assets of the Contractor, or if any act is done or event

occurs with respect to the Contractor or his assets which, under

any applicable law has a substantially similar effect to any of the

foregoing acts or events, or if the Contractor has contravened

Sub-Clause 3.1, or has an execution levied on his goods, or if the

Engineer certifies to the Employer, with a copy to the Contractor,

that, in his opinion, the Contractor:

(a) has repudiated the Contract,

(b) without reasonable excuse has failed

(i) to commence the Works in accordance with Sub-

Clause 41.1, or

(ii) to proceed with the Works, or any Section thereof,

within 28 days after receiving notice pursuant to Sub-

Clause 46.1,

(c) has failed to comply with a notice issued pursuant to Sub-

Clause 37.4 or an instruction issued pursuant to Sub-Clause 39.1

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within 28 days after having received it,

(d) despite previous warning from the Engineer, in writing, is

otherwise persistently or flagrantly neglecting to comply with

any of his obligations under the Contract, or

(e) has contravened Sub-Clause 4. 1, then the Employer may,

after giving 14 days' notice to the Contractor, enter upon the Site

and the Works and terminate the employment of the Contractor

without thereby releasing the Contractor from any of his

obligations or liabilities under the Contract, or affecting the rights

and authorities conferred on the Employer or the Engineer by the

Contract, and may himself complete the Works or may employ

any other contractor to complete the Works. The Employer or

such other contractor may use for such completion so much of

the Contractor's Equipment, Temporary Works and materials as

he or they may think proper.

Valuation at Date of Termination

63.2 The Engineer shall, as soon as may be practicable after any such entry and termination by the Employer, fix and determine ex part, or by or after reference to the parties or after such investigation or enquiries as he may think fit to make or institute, and shall certify:

(a) what amount (if any) had, at the time of such entry and

termination, been reasonably earned by or would reasonably

accrue to the Contractor in respect of work then actually done by

him under the Contract, and

(b) the value of any of the said unused or partially used materials,

any Contractor's Equipment and any Temporary Works.

Payment after Termination

63.3 If the Employer terminates the Contractor's employment under

this Clause, he shall not be liable to pay to the Contractor any

further amount (including damages) in respect of the Contract

until the expiration of the Defects Liability Period and there after

until the costs of execution, completion and remedying of any

defects, damages for delay in completion (if any) and all other

expenses incurred by the Employer have been ascertained and the

amount thereof certified by the Engineer. The Contractor shall

then be entitled to receive only such sum (if any) as the Engineer

may certify would have been payable to him upon due

completion by him after deducting the said amount. If such

amount exceeds the sum which would have been payable to the

Contractor on due completion by him, then the Contractor shall,

upon demand, pay to the Employer the amount of such excess

and it shall be deemed a debt due by the Contractor to the

Employer and shall be recoverable accordingly.

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Assignment of Benefit of Agreement

63.4 Unless prohibited by law, the Contractor shall, if so instructed by

the Engineer within 14 days of such entry and termination

referred to in Sub-Clause 63.1, assign to the Employer the benefit

of any agreement for the supply of any goods or materials or

services and/or for the execution of any work for the purposes of

the Contract, which the Contractor may have entered into.

Urgent Remedial Works

64.1 If, by reason of any accident, or failure, or other event occurring

to, in, or in connection with the Works, or any part thereof, either

during the execution of the Works, or during the Defects

Liability Period, any remedial or other work is, in the opinion of

the Engineer, urgently necessary for the safety of the Works and

the Contractor is unable or unwilling at once to do such work, the

Employer shall be entitled to employ and pay other persons to

carry out such work as the Engineer may consider necessary. If

the work or repair so done by the Employer is work which, in the

opinion of the Engineer, the Contractor was liable to do at his

own cost under the Contract, then all costs consequent thereon or

incidental thereto shall, after due consultation with the Employer

and the Contractor, be determined by the Engineer and shall be

recoverable from the Contractor by the Employer, and may be

deducted by the Employer from any monies due or to become

due to the Contractor and the Engineer shall notify the Contractor

accordingly, with a copy to the Employer. Provided that the

Engineer shall, as soon after the occurrence of any such

emergency as may be reasonably practicable, notify the

Contractor thereof.

Special Risks

No Liability for Special Risks

65.1 The Contractor shall be under no liability whatsoever in

consequence of any of the special risks referred to in Sub-Clause

65.2, whether by way of indemnity or otherwise, for or in respect

of:

(a) destruction of or damage to the Works, save to work

condemned under the provisions of Clause 39 prior to the

occurrence of any of the said special risks,

(b) destruction of or damage to property, whether of the

Employer or third parties, or

(c) injury or loss of life.

Special Risks 65.2 The special risks are:

(a) the risks defined under paragraphs (a), (c), (d) and (e) of Sub-

Clause 20.4, and

(b) the risks defined under paragraph (b) of Sub-Clause 20.4

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insofar as these relate to the country in which the Works are to be

executed.

Damage to Works by Special Risks

65.3 If the Works or any materials or Plant on or near or in transit to

the Site, or any of the Contractor's Equipment, sustain destruction

or damage by reason of any of the said special risks, the

Contractor shall be entitled to payment in accordance with the

Contract for any Permanent Works duly executed and for any

materials or Plant so destroyed or damaged and, so far as may be

required by the Engineer or as may be necessary for the

completion of the Works, to payment for:

(a) rectifying any such destruction or damage to the Works, and

(b) replacing or rectifying such materials or Contractor's

Equipment, and the Engineer shall determine an addition to the

Contract Price in accordance with Clause 52 (which shall in the

case of the cost of replacement of Contractor's Equipment

include the fair market value thereof as determined by the

Engineer) and shall notify the Contractor accordingly, with a

copy to the Employer.

Projectile, Missile

65.4 Destruction, damage, injury or loss of life caused by the

explosion or impact, whenever and wherever occurring, of any

mine, bomb, shell, grenade, or other projectile, missile,

ammunition, or explosive of war, shall be deemed to be a

consequence of the said special risks.

Increased Costs arising from Special Risks

65.5 Save to the extent that the Contractor is entitled to payment under

any other provision of the Contract, the Employer shall repay to

the Contractor any costs of the execution of the Works (other

than such as may be attributable to the cost of reconstructing

work condemned under the provisions of Clause 39 prior to the

occurrence of any special risk) which are howsoever attributable

to or consequent on or the result of or in any way whatsoever

connected with the said special risks, subject however to the

provisions in this Clause hereinafter contained in regard to

outbreak of war, but the Contractor shall, as soon as any such

cost comes to his knowledge, forthwith notify the Engineer

thereof. The Engineer shall, after due consultation with the

Employer and the Contractor determine the amount of the

Contractor's costs in respect thereof which shall be added to the

Contract Price and shall notify the Contractor accordingly, with a

copy to the Employer.

Outbreak of War 65.6 If, during the currency of the Contract, there is an outbreak of

war, whether war is declared or not, in any part of the world

which, whether financially or otherwise, materially affects the

execution of the Works, the Contractor shall, unless and until the

Contract is terminated under the provisions of this Clause,

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continue to use his best endeavours to complete the execution of

the Works. Provided that the Employer shall be entitled at any

time after such outbreak of war, to terminate the Contract by

giving notice to the Contractor and upon such notice being given,

the Contract shall, except as to the rights of the parties under this

Clause and Clause 67, terminate, but without prejudice to the

rights of either party in respect of any antecedent breach thereof.

Removal of Contractor’s Equipment on Termination

65.7 If the Contract is terminated under the provisions of Sub-Clause

65.6, the Contractor shall, with all reasonable dispatch, remove

from the Site all Contractor's Equipment and shall give similar

facilities to his Subcontractors to do so.

Payment if Contract Terminated

65.8 If the Contract is terminated as aforesaid, the Contractor shall be

paid by the Employer, insofar as such amounts or items have not

already been covered by payments on account made to the

Contractor, for all work executed prior to the date of termination

at the rates and prices provided in the Contract and in addition:

(a) the amounts payable in respect of any preliminary items

referred to in the Bill of Quantities, so far as the work or service

comprised therein has been carried out or performed, and a

proper proportion of any such items which have been partially

carried out or performed;

(b) the cost of materials, Plant or goods reasonably ordered for

the Works which have been delivered to the Contractor or of

which the Contractor is legally liable to accept delivery, such

materials, Plant or goods becoming the property of the Employer

upon such payments being made by him;

(c) a sum being the amount of any expenditure reasonably

incurred by the Contractor in the expectation of completing the

whole of the Works insofar as such expenditure has not been

covered by any other payments referred to in this Sub-Clause;

(d) any additional sum payable under the provisions of Sub-

Clauses 65.3 and 65.5,

(e) such proportion of the cost as may be reasonable, taking into

account payments made or to be made for work executed, of

removal of Contractor's Equipment under Sub-Clause 65.7 and, if

required by the Contractor, return thereof to the Contractor's

main plant yard in his country of registration or to other

destination, at no greater cost; and

(f) the reasonable cost of repatriation of all the Contractor's staff

and workmen employed on or in connection with the Works at

the time of such termination.

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Provided that against any payment due from the Employer under

this Sub-Clause, the Employer shall be entitled to be credited

with any outstanding balances due from the Contractor for

advances in respect of Contractor's Equipment, materials and

Plant and any other sums which, at the date of termination, were

recoverable by the Employer from the Contractor under the terms

of the Contract. Any sums payable under this Sub-Clause shall,

after due consultation with the Employer and the Contractor, be

determined by the Engineer who shall notify the Contractor

accordingly, with a copy to the Employer.

Release from Performance

Payment in Event of Release from Performance

66.1 If any circumstance outside the control of both parties arises after

the issue of the Letter of Acceptance which renders it impossible

or unlawful for either or both parties to fulfil his or their

contractual obligations, or under the law governing the Contract

the parties are released from further performance, then the parties

shall be discharged from the Contract, except as to their rights

under this Clause and Clause 67 and without prejudice to the

rights of either party in respect of any antecedent breach of the

Contract, and the sum payable by the Employer to the Contractor

in respect of the work executed shall be the same as that which

would have been payable under Clause 65 if the Contract had

been terminated under the provisions of Clause 65.

Settlement of Disputes

Engineer’s Decision

67.1 If a dispute of any kind whatsoever arises between the Employer

and the Contractor in connection with, or arising out of, the

Contract or the execution of the Works, whether during the

execution of the Works or after their completion and whether

before or after repudiation or other termination of the Contract,

including any dispute as to any opinion, instruction,

determination, certificate or valuation of the Engineer, the matter

in dispute shall, in the first place, be referred in writing to the

Engineer, with a copy to the other party. Such reference shall

state that it is made pursuant to this Clause. No later than the

eighty-fourth day after the day on which he received such

reference the Engineer shall give notice of his decision to the

Employer and the Contractor. Such decision shall state that it is

made pursuant to this Clause.

Unless the Contract has already been repudiated or terminated,

the Contractor shall, in every case, continue to proceed with the

Works with all due diligence and the Contractor and the

Employer shall give effect forthwith to every such decision of the

Engineer unless and until the same shall be revised, as hereinafter

provided, in an amicable settlement or an arbitral award.

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If either the Employer or the Contractor be dissatisfied with any

decision of the Engineer, or if the Engineer fails to give notice of

his decision on or before the eighty-fourth day after the day on

which he received the reference, then either the Employer or the

Contractor may, on or before the seventieth day after the day on

which he received notice of such decision, or on or before the

seventieth day after the day on which the said period of 84 days

expired, as the case may be, give notice to the other party, with a

copy for information to the Engineer, of his intention to

commence arbitration, as hereinafter provided, as to the matter in

dispute. Such notice shall establish the entitlement of the party

giving the same to commence arbitration, as hereinafter provided,

as to such dispute and, subject to Sub-Clause 67.4, no arbitration

in respect thereof may be commenced unless such notice is

given.

If the Engineer has given notice of his decision as to a matter in

dispute to the Employer and the Contractor and no notice of

intention to commence arbitration as to such dispute has been

given by either the Employer or the Contractor on or before the

seventieth day after the day on which the parties received notice

as to such decision from the Engineer, the said decision shall

become final and binding upon the Employer and the Contractor.

Amicable Settlement

67.2 Where notice of intention to commence arbitration as to a dispute

has been given in accordance with Sub-Clause 67.1, arbitration

of such dispute shall not be commenced unless an attempt has

first been made by the parties to settle such dispute amicably.

Provided that, unless the parties otherwise agree, arbitration may

be commenced on or after the fifty-sixth day after the day on

which notice of intention to commence arbitration of such

dispute was given, whether or not any attempt at amicable

settlement thereof has been made.

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Arbitration 67.3 Any dispute in respect of which:

(a) the decision, if any, of the Engineer has not become final and

binding pursuant to Sub-Clause 67.1, and

(b) amicable settlement has not been reached within the period

stated in Sub-Clause 67.2 shall be finally settled, unless

otherwise specified in the Contract, under the Rules of

Conciliation and Arbitration of the International Chamber of

Commerce by one or more arbitrators appointed under such

Rules. The said arbitrator/s shall have full power to open up,

review and revise any decision, opinion, instruction,

determination, certificate or valuation of the Engineer related to

the dispute.

Neither party shall be limited in the proceedings before such

arbitrator/s to the evidence or arguments put before the Engineer

for the purpose of obtaining his said decision pursuant to Sub-

Clause 67.1. No such decision shall disqualify the Engineer from

being called as a witness and giving evidence before the

arbitrator/s on any matter whatsoever relevant to the dispute.

Arbitration may be commenced prior to or after completion of

the works, provided that the obligations of the Employer, the

Engineer and the Contractor shall not be altered by reason of the

arbitration being conducted during the progress of the Works.

Failure to Comply with Engineer’s Decision

67.4 Where neither the Employer nor the Contractor has given notice

of intention to commence arbitration of a dispute within the

period stated in Sub-Clause 67.1 and the related decision has

become final and binding, either party may, if the other party

fails to comply with such decision, and without prejudice to any

other rights it may have, refer the failure to arbitration in

accordance with Sub-Clause 67.3. The provisions of Sub-Clauses

67.1 and 67.2 shall not apply to any such reference.

Notices

Notice to Contractor

68.1 All certificates, notices or instructions to be given to the

Contractor by the Employer or the Engineer under the terms of

the Contract shall be sent by post, cable, telex or facsimile

transmission to or left at the Contractor’s principal place of

business or such other address as the Contractor shall nominate

for that purpose.

Notice to Employer and Engineer

68.2 Any notice to be given to the Employer or to the Engineer under

the terms of the Contract shall be sent by post, cable, telex or

facsimile transmission to or left at the respective address as

nominated for that purpose in Part II of these Conditions.

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Changes of Address

68.3 Either party may change a nominated address to another address

in the country where the Works are being executed by prior

notice to the other party, with a copy to the Engineer, and the

Engineer may do so by prior notice to both parties.

Default of Employer

Default of Employer

69.1 In the event of the Employer:

(a) failing to pay to the Contractor the amount due under any

certificate of the Engineer within 28 days after the expiry of the

time stated in Sub-Clause 60.10 within which payment is to be

made, subject to any deduction that the Employer is entitled to

make under the Contract,

(b) interfering with or subtracting or refusing any required

approval to the issue of any such certificate.

(c) becoming bankrupt or, being a company, going into

liquidation, other than for the purpose of a scheme of

reconstruction or amalgamation, or

(d) giving notice to the Contractor that for unforeseen economic

reasons it is impossible for him to continue to meet his

contractual obligations, the Contractor shall be entitled to

terminate is employment under the Contract by giving notice to

the Employer, with a copy to the Engineer. Such termination

shall take effect 14 days after the giving of the notice.

Removal of Contractor’s Equipment

69.2 Upon the expiry of the 14 days notice referred to in Sub-Clause

69.1, the Contractor shall, notwithstanding the provisions of Sub-

Clause 54.1, with all reasonable dispatch, remove from the Site

all Contactor’s Equipment brought by him thereon.

Payment on Termination

69.3 In the event of such termination the Employer shall be under the

same obligations to the Contractor in regard to payment as if the

Contractor had been terminated under the provisions of Clause

65, but, in addition to the payments specified in Sub-Clause 65.8,

the Employer shall pay to the Contractor the amount of any loss

or damage to the Contractor arising out of or in connection with

or by consequence of such termination.

Contractor’s Entitlement to Suspend Work

69.4 Without prejudice to the Contactor’s entitlement to interest under

Sub-Clause 60.10 and to terminate under Sub-Clause 69.1, the

Contactor may, if the Employer fails to pay the Contractor the

amount due under any certificate of the Engineer within 28 days

after the expiry of the time stated in Sub-Clause 60.10 within

which payment is to be made, subject to any deduction that the

Employer is entitled to made under the Contractor, after giving

28 days prior notice to the Employer, with a copy to the

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Engineer, suspend work or reduce the rate of work.

If the Contractor suspends work or reduces the rate of work in

accordance with the provisions of this Sub-Clause and thereby

suffers delay or incurs costs the Engineer shall, after due

consultation with the Employer and the Contractor, determine:

(a) any extension of time to which the Contractor is entitled

under Clause 44, and

(b) the amount of such costs, which shall be added to the

Contract Price, and shall notify the Contractor accordingly, with

a copy to the Employer.

Resumption of Work

69.5 Where the Contractor suspends work or reduces the rate of work,

having given notice in accordance with Sub-Clause 69.4, and the

Employer subsequently pays the amount due, including interest

pursuant to Sub-Clause 60.10, the Contractor’s entitlement under

Sub-Clause 69.1 shall, if notice of termination has not been

given, lapse and the Contractor shall resume normal working as

soon as is reasonably possible.

Changes in Costs and Legislation

Increase or Decrease of Cost

70.1 There shall be added to or deducted from the Contract Price such

sums in respect of rise or fall in the cost of labour and/or

materials or any other matters affecting the cost of the execution

of the Works as may be determined in accordance with Part II of

these Conditions.

Subsequent Legislation

70.2 If, after the date 28 days prior to the latest date for submission of

tenders for the Contract there occur in the country in which the

Works are being or are to be executed changes to any National or

State Statute, Ordinance, Decree or other Law or any regulation

or bye-law of any local or other duly constituted authority, or the

introduction of any such State Statute, Ordinance, Decree, Law,

regulation or bye-law which causes additional or reduced cost to

the Contractor, other than under Sub-Clause 70.1, in the

execution of the Contract, such additional or reduced cost shall,

after due consultation with the Employer and the Contractor, be

determined by the Engineer and shall be added to or deducted

from the Contract Price and the Engineer shall notify the

Contractor accordingly, with a copy to the Employer.

Currency and Rates of Exchange

Currency Restrictions

71.1 If, after the date 7 days prior to the latest date for submission of

tenders for the Contract, the Government or authorised agency of

the Government of the country in which the Works are being or

are to be executed imposes currency restrictions and/or transfer

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of currency restrictions in relation to the currency or currencies in

which the Contract Price is to be paid, the Employer shall

reimburse any loss or damage to the Contractor arising there

from, without prejudice to the right of the Contractor to exercise

any other rights or remedies to which he is entitled in such event.

Rates of Exchange

72.1 Where the Contract provides for payment in whole or in part to

be made to the Contractor in foreign currency or currencies, such

payment shall not be subject to variations in the rate or rates of

exchange between such specified foreign currency or currencies

and the currency of the country in which the Works are to be

executed.

Currency Proportions

72.2 Where the Employer has required the Tender to be expressed in a

single currency but with payment to be made in more than one

currency and the Contractor has stated the proportions or

amounts of other currency or currencies in which he requires

payment to be made, the rate or rates of exchange applicable for

calculating the payment of such proportions or amounts shall,

unless otherwise stated in Part II of these Conditions, be those

prevailing, as determined by the Central Bank of the country in

which the Works are to be executed, on the date 28 days prior to

the latest date for the submission of tenders for the Contract, as

has been notified to the Contractor by the Employer prior to the

submission of tenders or as provided for in the Tender.

Currencies of Payment for Provisional Sums

72.3 Where the Contract provides for payment in more than one

currency, the proportions or amounts to be paid in foreign

currencies in respect of Provisional Sums shall be determined in

accordance with the principles set forth in Sub-Clause 72.1 and

72.2 as and when these sums are utilized in whole or in part in

accordance with the provisions of Clauses 58 and 59.

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REFERENCE TO PART II

As stated in the Foreword at the beginning of this

document, the FIDIC Conditions comprise both Part I

and Part II. Certain Clauses, namely Sub-Clauses 1.1

paragraph (a) (i) and (iv), 5.1 (part)m 14.1, 14.3, 68.2

and 70.1 must include additional wording in Part II for

the Conditions to be complete. Other Clauses may

required additional wording to supplement Part I or to

cover particular circumstances or the type of work

(dredging is an example).

Part II Conditions of Particular Application with

guidelines for the preparation of Part II are printed in a

separate bound document.